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Edwards School (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Edwards Facility (Portland, Oregon)
  • Jonathan W. Edwards Elementary School (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Dukehart & Kinne (architecture firm, 1953-1968)
  • Elizabeth Pinnock Kinne (architect, 1908-1995)
  • John Kistner Dukehart (architect, 1908-1968)
Creator
Date
  • 1961
Description
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Oregon Historic Site Form. Prepared by Iris Eschen.
View Date
  • 2009
Temporal
  • 1960-1961
MODS Note
  • Oregon Historic Site Form Edwards School 1715 32nd Place Portland, Multnomah County block nbr: lot nbr: tax lot nbr: township: range: section: 1/ 4: LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME elig. evaluation: not eligible/ non- contributing primary orig use: School secondary orig use: Education- Related primary style: Northwest Regional secondary style: primary siding: Standard Brick secondary siding: plan type: School ( General) Portland historic name: Edwards School primary constr date: 1961 secondary date: 1989 height (# stories): 1 total # ineligible resources: 1 ( optional-- use for major addns) current/ other names: Edwards Facility, Jonathan W. Edwards Elementary School ( c.) ( c.) orig use comments: prim style comments: sec style comments: location descr: assoc addresses: vcnty address: ( remote sites) siding comments: PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS farmstead/ cluster name: zip: total # eligible resources: apprx. addrs resource type: Building NR status: RLS survey date: 7/ 10/ 2009 external site #: 246 ( ID# used in city/ agency database) survey project name or other grouping name comments/ notes: ILS survey date: 7/ 10/ 2009 Gen File date: SHPO INFO FOR THIS PROPERTY NR date listed: GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS Optional Information 1715 SE 32nd Place Multnomah County ( former addresses, intersections, etc.) architect: Dukehart and Kinne builder: NR date listed: ( indiv listed only; see Grouping for hist dist) 106 Project( s) PPS Historic Building Assessment 2009 Survey & Inventory Project East elevation Printed on: 10/ 14/ 2009 Page 1 of 4 Oregon Historic Site Form Edwards School 1715 32nd Place Portland, Multnomah County ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ( Include expanded description of the building/ property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings, and alterations) HISTORY ( Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period [ preferably to the present]) Summary Description Jonathan W. Edwards School is located at 1715 SE 32nd Place in Richmond neighborhood of southeast Portland. The 0.90- acre campus consists of a U- shaped building ( 246A, B) built in 1961. Recreational facilities include asphalt play areas located on the south side of the campus. The wood frame building is clad in red brick. Moderately sloped gable roofs cover the single story building. Fenestration consists of grouped metal frame windows. The building features characteristic elements of the Northwest style including a projecting portico, expressed wood structure, and low pitched gable roofs with projecting eaves. Architectural Description Jonathan W. Edwards School is located at 1715 SE 32nd Place within the Richmond neighborhood of southeast Portland. The 0.90- acre campus consists of a U- shaped building ( 246A, B) built in 1961. Recreational facilities include asphalt play areas located on the south side of the campus. Sewallcrest Park is located to the south and west of the school grounds. Development in the surrounding neighborhood consists primarily of single family residences built after World War II. Johnathan W. Edwards School features a U- shaped version of the finger plan. The U- shaped mass of the building rests on a poured concrete foundation. The primary cladding for the wood frame building is roman brick. The southwest elevations also feature concrete panels. Moderately sloped gable roofs cover the single story building. The eaves project to provide additional shading for the bands of aluminum frame windows which, along with the projecting eaves with exposed purlins on the gable ends, emphasize the horizontal profile and physical materials of the building. Characteristic features of the Northwest Regional style include pitched roofs, a projecting entry portico, broad roof overhangs, and expressed wood structure. The primary entry to the building is at the northeast corner beneath a gabled portico. The roof of the portico is supported by four slender columns and wood purlins. The offices and playroom are located immediately adjacent to the entry. An L- shaped double loaded corridor with concrete block walls provides access to the classrooms. Tubular fluorescent lighting fixtures are affixed to a ceiling clad in acoustic tile. Flooring throughout the building consists of a mixture of 6
Subject
Work Type
Style / Period
Location
Street Address
  • 1715 SE 32nd Place
GPS Latitude
  • 45.510568
GPS Longitude
  • -122.631708
Material
  • Brick
Identifier
  • OR_Multnomah_Portland_Edwards.pdf
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
  • PPS Historic Building Assessment 2009
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 07/29/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (25 Apr 2025). Edwards School (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67rn54x

MLA

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Chicago

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Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Kinne, Elizabeth P. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/KinneElizabethP
2 Dukehart & Kinne http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/DukehartandKinne
3 Dukehart, John K. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/DukehartJohnK
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 rooms (interior spaces) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004044
9 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
10 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
11 public schools (buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006584
12 plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034104
13 floor plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034158
14 architectural drawings (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034787
15 Northwest Regional http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/stylePeriod/NorthwestRegional
16 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
17 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
18 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
19 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
20 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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