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United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • U. S. Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customs House (Portland, Oregon)
  • U. S. Custom House (Portland, Oregon)
  • United States Customhouse (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • James Knox Taylor (architect, 1857-1929)
  • Edgar Marks Lazarus (construction superintendent, 1868-1939)
Creator
Date
  • 1898/1901
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1973)
  • National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
View Date
  • National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
Temporal
  • 1890-1899
  • 1900-1909
MODS Note
  • The U. S. Custom House was designed and built by the Office of Supervising Architect of the United States Treasury. James Knox Taylor was head of the office from October 1897 until July 1912. Edgar M. Lazarus was the local architect in Portland designated as superintendent of construction for this work. An article in the Morning Oregonian, March 3, 1898, confirms that plans for the building were ready before Lazarus was hired for his supervisory role.
  • Teague, Edward H. "Introducing Edgar Lazarus, The Architect of Vista House," Vista House Views, FOVH Newsletter, Spring 2011, p. 1-2, 7, 9, 10-11.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 220 Northwest 8th Avenue
GPS Latitude
  • 45.524828
GPS Longitude
  • -122.678087
Identifier
  • nps79002142.pdf
Provenance
  • National Park Service
Citation
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 07/29/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (25 Apr 2024). United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67ss10v

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 25 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67ss10v

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "United States Custom House (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-25. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67ss10v

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Taylor, James Knox http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500015123
2 Lazarus, Edgar M. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LazarusEdgarM
3 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
6 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
9 customhouses http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005998
10 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
11 government office buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300005993
12 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
13 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
14 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
15 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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