Building Oregon
23709
Items
View all
- Alternative Title
- Portland Firefighters' Memorial (Portland, Oregon)
- Creator Display
- Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (artist, 1897-1987)
- Paul Philippe Cret (architect, 1876-1945)
- Creator
- Date
- 1928
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2010)
- View
- West elevation, camera facing east.
- View Date
- 2010
- Temporal
- 1920-1929
- MODS Note
- The David Campbell Memorial was dedicated in 1928 in honor of Portland Fire Chief David Campbell who perished fighting a fire. A beloved citizen and admired firefighter and public official, Campbell served as the city’s fire chief between 1893 and his death in 1917 and was widely credited with modernizing and professionalizing the City’s Fire Department. Funded by a local trust, the memorial was created by nationally-recognized French-born master architect Paul Cret who created in Campbell’s honor a distinct Beaux-Arts style monument, a popular style from 1900 through the 1920s. The design, suitably subdued yet grand, is constructed of limestone and consists of a fountain, pool, and a bronze sculpture on a triangular terrace lined with benches. The composition incorporates stylistic elements from Greek and Roman architecture, including pilasters, a pediment, scrolls, and an aegicranium (ram’s head). Above the fountain is an architectural frame inset with a bronze bas-relief of Campbell sculpted by Avard Fairbanks, noted American sculptor of the first half of the twentieth century. Fairbanks taught sculpture at the University of Oregon in Eugene from 1920 to 1927 and was well-known for his realistic depictions of the human form and animals.
- This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image.
- Subject
- Work Type
- Style / Period
- Location
- Street Address
- 1800 West Burnside Street
- GPS Latitude
- 45.522892
- GPS Longitude
- -122.689401
- Material
- limestone, slate, bronze
- Rights Holder
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
- Identifier
- pna_21834
- Source
- Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
- Citation
- Campbell, David, Memorial, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
- Institution
- Submission Date
- 04/27/2015
- Modified
- 08/12/2022
- Collections
- Building Oregon (open)
APA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). Campbell, David, Memorial (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx830
MLA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Campbell, David, Memorial (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 18 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx830
Chicago
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Campbell, David, Memorial (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx830
Wiki
{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67jx830 | title= Campbell, David, Memorial (Portland, Oregon) |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-18 |publisher= }}
Please use the contact form to submit inquiries about this system; to report a problem you are experiencing with the system; to request assistance using the system; or to provide general feedback. See the Help page for additional information about this system.
Oregon Digital is a joint collaboration between the University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries & Press.
Oregon Digital hosts materials from both institutions, as well as collaborating partners.
Please use the following form to send us feedback: