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Neighborhood House (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • National Council of Jewish Women House (Portland, Oregon)
  • Cedarwood Waldorf School (Portland, Oregon)
  • Indochinese Cultural and Service Center (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • A. E. Doyle & Associates (architecture firm, 1915-1928)
  • Albert Ernest Doyle (architect, 1877-1928)
Date
  • 1910
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1979)
View
  • exterior: detail, cornice.
Temporal
  • 1910-1919
MODS Note
  • Neighborhood House was built for the National Council of Jewish Women as a settlement home for European immigrants. The building was used for English and other classes, and housed a gymnasium and library. By 1915, it housed a clinic and neighborhood newspaper. During World War II, the building became a United Services Organization center and used for entertainment. The building was leased to Neighborhood House Incorporated, a United Way agency, from 1952 to 1979. From 1952 to 1979, it was leased to Neighborhood House Inc., a United Way agency. In 1979, the building became the headquarters for the Indochinese Cultural and Service Center. The Young Mens Christian Association used the site for day care and other activities in the 1990s. In 2000, the Neighborhood House was purchased by the Cedarwood Waldorf School.
Street Address
  • 3030 Southwest 2nd Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 45.501266
GPS Longitude
  • -122.679468
Material
  • brick; terra cotta
Identifier
  • pna_06036
Item Locator
  • 726 AmO P83p N316 03; 87-07473;
Source
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Conversion
  • This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
Submission Date
  • 04/28/2015
Modified
  • 07/31/2022
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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Neighborhood House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67mm028

Wiki

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