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Washington High School (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Washington-Monroe High School (Portland, Oregon)
  • Child Services Center (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Chester Allen Houghtaling (architect, 1882-1940)
  • Parker & Banfield (builder/contractor)
  • Luther Lee Dougan (architect, 1883-1983)
  • Houghtaling & Dougan (architecture firm, 1913-1926)
Date
  • 1924
Description
  • Washington High School is located in Southeast Portland, within Portland’s Buckman neighborhood. The four-story, Classical Revival school was designed by the Portland architecture firm of Houghtaling & Dougan and constructed in 1923-24. The school is significant for the role it played in the development of the city’s eastside communities. It was designed to respond to Portland’s need for expanded school facilities; growing concerns around health and safety (with a particular focus on fire prevention); and school designs that offered optimal learning environments as espoused by education experts at the time. The concrete school, which is faced with red brick and finished with terracotta moldings and details, was designed specifically for increased fire protection, as the previous school on the site burned in 1922. Decorative details can be found across the building’s exterior, including bas relief panels, engaged brick pilasters, lions heads, caryatid heads, and inspirational quotes. The progressive school provided technical training and included science laboratories and a 830-seat auditorium, in addition to classrooms.  The building ceased functioning as a high school in 1981, but was used for social services by Portland Public Schools until they sold the building in 2013. It has now been rehabilitated and re-opened as a commercial and retail space and performance venue. Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2015)
View
  • Second floor, rehabilitated classroom, camera facing northwest
View Date
  • 2015-01-21
Temporal
  • 1920-1929
Street Address
  • 1300 Southeast Stark Street, Portland, Oregon
Use Restrictions
  • This image is provided by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and the UO Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. For other uses, such as commercial publication, please contact the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.
Rights Holder
  • Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Identifier
  • OR_MultnomahCounty_WashingtonHighSchool_0014
Source
  • Oregon. State Historic Preservation Office
Citation
Submission Date
  • 12/11/2015
Modified
  • 08/02/2022
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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Washington High School (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70rz599

Wiki

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