Portland Yamhill Historic District

Roughly bounded by Taylor, Morrison, both sides of 2nd Ave. and Willamette River, Portland, Oregon. County/parish: Multnomah.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 30, 1976. NRIS 76001587.

15 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Portland Yamhill Historic District

The Portland Yamhill Historic District, located in downtown Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

From 1914 to 1934, the area included part of the Carroll Public Market.

The area covered, between the commercial center of Portland and the Willamette River, is within a 22-block section destroyed in the Great Fire of 1873; it includes the Northrup and Blossom-Fitch Building (1858) from before the fire. Rebuilding after the fire got into "full swing" in 1878; the district includes 17 Italianate-style buildings built between 1878 and 1887.^: 7

Selected buildings in the district include:

• Leon Chung Company Building
• Rensselaer Block, built by W.S. Ham
• Strowbridge Building, an Italianate masonry building
• Mikado Block
• Moy Building (1910). the six-story Chicago School-style, also known as the Bellevue Hotel.
• H.W. Corbett Building, 124 SW Yamhill
• Willamette Block

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77850698

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