421 SW 6th Ave., Portland, Oregon. County/parish: Multnomah.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 30, 1976. NRIS 76001584.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Commonwealth Building is a 14-story, 194 ft (59 m) commercial office tower in Portland, Oregon, United States. Located at 421 SW 6th Avenue between Washington and Harvey Milk Streets, it was designed by architect Pietro Belluschi and built between 1944 and 1948. The building was originally known as the Equitable Building and is noted as one of the first glass box towers ever built, pioneering many modern features and predating the more famous Lever House in New York City.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77850408