National Register Listings in Multnomah County, Oregon
Abraham, Simon, Duplex
Adams, Charles F., House
Ainsworth, Maud and Belle, House
Albee, H. Russell, House
Albers Brothers Milling Company
Alco Apartments
Alphabet Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Ambassador Apartments
Ambruster, Frederick, Cottage
American Apartment Building
American Can Company Complex
Amundsen, Roy E. and Hildur L., House
Anderson, Emanuel and Christina, House
Annand-Loomis House
Arleta Branch Library
Arlington Club
Arminius Hotel
Armstrong, Alfred J. and Georgia A., House
Arnold-Park Log Home
Ashley, Mark A. M., House
Auditorium and Music Hall
Auto Freight Transport Building of Oregon and Washington
Auto Rest Garage
Autzen, Thomas J., House
Ayer, W. B., House
Ayer-Shea House
Bader, Louis J., House and Garden
Bagdad Theatre
Balfour-Gutherie Building
Ball-Ehrman House
Ballou & Wright Company Building
Bank of California Building
Barber Block
Barnes, Frank C., House
Barnhart-Wright House
Bartman, Gustave, House
Baruh-Zell House
Bates, John M. and Elizabeth, House No. 1
Bates-Seller House
Bay E, West Ankeny Car Barns
Becker, Christine, House
Bedell Building
Belle Court Apartments
Bennes, John Virginius and Annice, House
Benson Hotel
Benson, Simon, House
Berg, Charles F., Building
Bergman, Joseph, House
Beth Israel School
Biltmore Apartments
Bishop's House
Bishopcroft of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon
Blake McFall Company Building
Blakely, Charles O. and Carie C., House
Bohnsen Cottages
Bonneville Dam Historic District
Bonneville Dam Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Boschke-Boyd House
Bowers, George W. and Hetty A., House
Bowles, Joseph R., House
Bowman, F. E., Apartments
Bowman, John and Ellen, House
Bradley, J. S., House
Brainard, William E., House
Braly, J. C., House
Bramhall, Jennie, House
Bretnor Apartments
Brick House Beautiful
Broadway Bridge
Broadway Building
Broadway Hotel
Brown Apartments
Bruening, Henry C. and Wilhemina, House
Buck Apartment Building
Buckler-Henry House
Buehner, Philip, House
Bunyan, Paul, Statue
Burke-Clark House
Burnside Bridge
Burrell Heights Apartments
Burrell, Walter F., House
Burrell, Walter F., House (Boundary Increase)
Buyers Building
Bybee-Howell House
Calumet Hotel
Calvary Presbyterian Church
Campbell Court Hotel
Campbell Hotel
Campbell Townhouses
Campbell, David, Memorial
Cardwell-Holman House
Cardwell-Parrish House
Central Building, Public Library
Chamberlain, George Earle, House
Chown, Francis R., House
Clarke-Mossman House
Clovelly Garden Apartments
Clyde Hotel
Cobb, Samuel, House
Cobbs, Frank J. and Maude Louise, Estate
Cohn-Sichel House
Cole, David, House
Coleman-Scott House
Columbia River Highway Historic District
Commodore Hotel
Concord Building
Cook, Jacob H. and Etna M., House
Corbett Brothers Auto Storage Garage
Corbett, Elliott R., House
Corbett, H. L. and Gretchen Hoyt, House
Corkish Apartments
Cornelius Hotel
Costanzo Family House
Costello, James C. and Mary A., House
Cotillion Hall
Couch Family Investment Development
Crook, Charles, House
Crum, Virgil and Beulah, House
Crumpacker, Maurice, House
Cumberland Apartments
Darcelle XV
Davis Block
Day Building
Dayton Apartment Building
Deere, John, Plow Company Building
Dekum, The
Del Rey Apartments
Dickson, Henry B., House
Digman-Zidell House
Doernbecher, Frank Silas, House
Dooly, Frank E., House
Dosch, Henry E., House
Dosch, Henry E., Investment Property
Douglas Building
Druhot, Alice, House
Ducey, Elizabeth, House
Dupont, Edward D., House
Durham-Jacobs House
East Portland Branch, Public Library of Multnomah County
East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District
East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Eastman-Shaver House
Edwards, J. G., House
Electric Building
Elks Temple
Elliott House
Elm Street Apartments
Emerson Apartments
Enterprise Planing Mill
Envoy Apartment Building
Equitable Building
Eugene Apartments
Eugenia Apartments
Failing Office Building
Fairmount Hotel
Fairview City Jail
Farrer, Franklin W., House
Fenton, William D., House
First Church of Christ, Scientist
First Congregational Church
First National Bank
First Presbyterian Church of Portland
First Regiment Armory Annex
First Unitarian Church of Portland
Fisher, Raymond and Catherine, House
Fisher, Thaddeus, House
Flanders, Caroline W. and M. Louise, House
Flatiron Building
Frances Building and Echo Theater
Frank, M. Lloyd, Estate
Freiwald, Gustav, House
Fried-Durkheimer House
Frigidaire Building
Fruit and Flower Mission
Frye, J. O., House
Gangware, Roy and Leola, House
Gaston, Joseph, House
Gaston-Strong House
Gatehouse, Portland City Reservoir No. 2
Gedamke, William, House
Genoa Building
Gerber, G.G., Building
German Baptist Old People’s Home
Giesy-Failing House
Gilbert Building
Gilliland, Lewis T., House
Goldsmith, Alan and Barbara, House
Goldsmith, Bernard and Emma, House
Goodman, Joseph, House
Gowanlock, Elizabeth B., House
Graf, Andreas, House
Graham, Thomas, Building
Grand Central Public Market
Grand Stable Building and Adjacent Commercial Building
Grant, Henry M., House
Green, Bertha M. and Marie A., House
Green, Harry A. and Ada, House
Greenwood, Frederick and Grace, House
Gresham Carnegie Library
Groat-Gates House
Hahn, Henry, House
Hall, Hazel, House
Halprin Open Space Sequence
Hamilton Building
Hamilton, Alexander B. and Anna Balch, House
Hamlin, Charles Hunter, House
Hancock Street Fourplex
Hanthorn Apartments
Harlow Block
Harlow, Fred, House
Harmon-Neils House
Harris, Dr. Homer H., House
Harrison Court Apartments
Haseltine, William A., House
Hawthorne Bridge
Hawthorne, Rachel Louise, House
Haycox, Ernest, Estate
Heathman Hotel
Heintz, Albert, Oscar, and Linda, House
Hendershott, Dr. Harry M., House
Henry, C. K., Building
Herschell-Spillman Noah's Ark Carousel
Heusner, George F., House
Hexter, Levi, House
Hiberian Hall
Hickey, James, House
Hill Hotel
Hines, Pierre Rossiter and Charlotte, House
Holden, William B., House
Holden, William B., House (Boundary Decrease)
Hollywood Theatre
Holman, Capt. Herbert, House
Holman, Rufus C., House
Holt-Saylor-Liberto House
Honeyman Hardware Company Building
Honeyman, David T. and Nan Wood, House
Honeyman, Walter B. & Myrtle E., House
Hotel Alder
Hotel Alma
Hotel Ramapo
Hryszko Brothers Building
Hughes, Dr. Herbert H., House
Hyland, Olive and Ellsworth, Apartments
Imperial Garage
Imperial Hotel
Inman, Clarissa McKeyes, House
International Harvester Company Warehouse
Irving Street Bowman Apartments
Irvington Bowman Apartments
Irvington Historic District (Additional Documentation)
Irvington Tennis Club
Italian Gardeners and Ranchers Association Market Building
J. K. Gill Company Building
Jacobberger, Josef, House
Jacobberger, Joseph, Country House
Jacobs-Wilson House
James, W. Leland, House
Jantzen Knitting Mills Company Building
Jeanne Manor Apartment Building
Jefferson Substation
Jeffrey, Oliver and Margaret, House
Jensen Investment Company Building
Jeppesen, Peter, House
Jewish Shelter Home
Johnson, C. D., House
Johnson, Charles E., Building
Jones Cash Store
Jones, Clarence H., House
Jones, Dr. Noble Wiley, House
Jorgensen, Victor H. and Marta, House
Journal Building
Kamm, Jacob, House
Keating, John A. and Hattie Mae, House
Keck, H.C., House-Mt. Olivet Parsonage
Keller, Edward H. and Bertha R., House
Kendall, Joseph, House
Kennedy, John D., Elementary School
Kenton Commercial Historic District
Kenton Hotel
Kern, Grace, House
Kerr, Albertina, Nursery
Kiernan House
King's Hill Historic District
King, Samuel W., House
Kingsley, Edward D., House
Kistner, Dr. Frank B., House
Kline, Moses, and Ida, House
Knight, F. M., Building
Kress Building
Krouse, Nettie, Fourplex
Kuehle, Henry, Investment Property
Ladd Carriage House
Ladd's Addition Historic District
Landenberger, C. A., House
Lane-Miles Standish Company Printing Plant
Lauer Apartment Building
Laurelhurst Historic District
Laurelhurst Manor Apartments
Laurelhurst Park
Lent, George P., Investment Properties
Leutgert, Henry C., Building
Lewis, C. Hunt and Gertrude McClintock, House
Lewis, William H., Model House
Lewthwaite, Alexander and Cornelia, House
Liebes, H. and Company, Building
Lindquist Apartment House
Linnea Hall
Lipman-Wolfe and Company Building
Livingston, C.J., House
Loeb, Nathan, House
Lombard Automobile Buildings
Lone Fir Cemetery
Long, A. G., House
Louise Home Hospital and Residence Hall
Lumbermen's Building
Lynch, Matthew J. and Florence, House and Garden
Lytle, Robert F., House
Mackenzie, Dr. K. A. J. and Cora, House
Mackenzie, W. R., House
MacMaster, William and Annie, House
Maegly, A. H., House
Malarkey, Daniel J., House
Malarkey, Herbert and Elizabeth, House
Mallory Avenue Christian Church
Mallory Hotel
Mangels, William F., Four-Row Carousel
Mann, Anna Lewis, Old People's Home
Markle-Pittock House
Marks, Morris, House
Marquam Manor
Marshall-Wells Company Warehouse No. 2
Martin, George W. and Hannah,-John B. and Minnie Hosford House
McAvinney Fourplex
McDonald, Daniel C. and Katie A., House
McDougall, Alexander D., House
McDougall, Natt and Christena, House
McDougall-Campbell House
McGraw, Donald and Ruth, House
Medical Arts Building
Meier & Frank Warehouse
Meier and Frank Building
Meier and Frank Delivery Depot
Memorial Coliseum
Menefee, L. B., House
Miller, Claude Hayes, House
Miller, Elmer and Linnie, House
Miller, Fred O., House
Miller, Henry B., House
Mills, Lewis H., House
Mizpah Presbytarian Church of East Portland
Mock, John, House
Mohawk Building
Mohle, Wilhelmina, House
Monastery of the Precious Blood
Montgomery Ward & Company
Morgan Building
Morgan, Melinda E., House
Morrison Bridge
Mount Hood Masonic Temple
Mount Tabor Park
Mount Tabor Park Reservoirs Historic District
Multnomah County Courthouse
Multnomah County Poor Farm
Multnomah Falls Lodge and Footpath
Multnomah Hotel
Multnomah School
Munsell, William O., House
Murphy, Paul C., House
Murphy, Paul F., House
Neighborhood House
Neighbors of Woodcraft Building
Nelson, Otto W. and Ida L., House
Neuberger, Isaac, House
New Fliedner Building
New Heathman Hotel
New Houston Hotel
New Imperial Hotel
New Logus Block
Nicholas-Lang House
Nichols, Dr. A. S., House
Nichols, Dr. Herbert S., House
Nicolai, Harry T., House
Nicolai-Cake-Olson House
North Bank Depot Buildings
Northwest Fence and Wire Works
Northwestern Electric Company-Alberta Substation
Northwestern National Bank Building
O'Donnell, E. J., House
Odd Fellows Building
Olds, Wortman and King Department Store
Olsen and Weygandt Building
Olson, August, House
Olson, Charles and Fae, House
Olympic Apartment Building
Olympic Cereal Mill
Oregon Cracker Company Building
Oregon Portland Cement Building
Oregon State Bank Building
Oriental Apartments
Ormonde Apartment Building
Osborn Hotel
Otis Elevator Company Building
Ott, David and Marianne, House
Pacific Building
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company Building
Pacific Hardware and Steel Company Warehouse
Packard Service Building
Page and Son Apartments
Palestine Lodge
Pallay Apartments
Pallay Building
Palmer, John, House
Paramount Theatre
Parelius, Martin, Fourplex
Parkview Apartments
Paterson, Thomas M. and Alla M., House
Patton Home
Peacock Lane Historic District
Pearson Mortuary
Peck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company Building
Peterson, J.H., Machine Shop
Pfunder, Louis, House
Piggott, Charles, House
Pioneer Courthouse
Piper, Charles, Building
Pipes Family House
Pipes, George, House
Pipes, Martin Luther, House
Pittock Block
Pittock Mansion
Polhemus, James S., House
Poole, Otho, House
PORTLAND (Steam Tug)
Portland Art Museum
Portland Buddhist Church
Portland City Hall
Portland Cordage Company Building
Portland Fire Station No. 17
Portland Fire Station No. 23
Portland Fire Station No. 7
Portland Garden Club
Portland New Chinatown-Japantown Historic District
Portland Police Block
Portland Public Service Building
Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse
Portland Sanitarium Nurses' Quarters
Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District
Portland Thirteenth Avenue Historic District
Portland Van and Storage Building
Portland Yamhill Historic District
Portland Zoo Railway Historic District
Posey, John V. G., House
Postal Building
Postal Employees Credit Union
Poulsen, Johan, House
Povey, John E. G., House
Powers, Ira F., Building
Powers, Ira F., Warehouse and Factory
Prager-Lombard House
Price, O. L., House
Prince, Thomas, House
PT-658 (motor torpedo boat)
Public Service Building and Garage
Raabe, Capt. George, House
Rae Selling Berry Garden and House
Railway Exchange Building and Huber's Restaurant
Raymond, Jessie M., House
Reed, Rosamond Coursen and Walter R., House
Reed, Samuel G., House
Reed-Wells House
Regent Apartments
Reinhart, Jacques and Amelia, House
Ricen, Dr. Leo, House
Rinehart Building
Rockey, Dr. A. E. and Phila Jane, House
Rocky Butte Scenic Drive Historic District
Roome-Stearns House
Roosevelt Hotel
Rose City Electric Automobile Garage
Rose City Golf Clubhouse
Rosenberg, Dr. J. J., House
Rosenfeld, Dr. James, House
Ruby, Alfred C. and Nettie, House
Rutherford House
Salerno Apartments
Salmon, W. S., House
San Farlando Apartments
Santa Barbara Apartments
Schnabel, Charles J. and Elsa, House
Scott, Leslie M., House
Seitz, Maurice, House
Selling Building
Sellwood Branch YMCA
Senate Court Apartments
Sengstake Building
Sensel, Henry, Building
Seufert House
Seven Hundred Five Davis Street Apartments
Seward Hotel
Sheffield, John and Sarah, House
Sherlock Building
Shogren, Fred A., May, and Ann, House
Sigglin, Charles O., Flats
Smith, Alfred H. and Mary E., House
Smith, Blaine, House
Smith, Mary J. G., House
Smith, Milton W., House
Smith, Percy A., House
Smith, Stanley C. E., House
Smith, Walter V., House
Smithson and McKay Brothers Blocks
South Portland Historic District
Sovereign Hotel
Spalding Building
Spencer, Arthur Champlin, and Margaret Fenton Spencer House
Spies-Robinson House
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad Warehouse
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Steam Locomotive
Sprague-Marshall-Bowie House
Springdale School
Sprouse, John A., Jr., House
St. James Lutheran Church
St. John's Episcopal Church
St. Johns Signal Tower Gas Station
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and Rectory
Stephens, James B., House
Stettler, Frank C., House
Stevens Building
Stokes, Francis Marion, Fourplex
Stratton-Cornelius House
Strong, Alice Henderson, House
Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant Church
Sweeney, Straub and Dimm Printing Plant
Swetland Building
Swigert, Ernest G., House
Tanner, Albert H., House
Tannler-Armstrong House
Tarpley, Louis and Bessie, House
Taylor, Fred E., House
Taylor, Peter, House and Haehlen, Gotlieb, House
Telegram Building
Temple Beth Israel
Terminal Sales Building
Terwilliger Parkway
Thompson Court Apartments
Tichner, Abraham, House
Torgler, Frederick, Building
Town Club, The
Trenkmann Houses
Trevett-Nunn House
Trinity Place Apartments
Troutdale Methodist Episcopal Church
Troy Laundry Building
Tudor Arms Apartments
Tunturi, Fred, House
Turner, Frederick, Fourplex
U.S. Courthouse
U.S. Customhouse
U.S. Post Office
Union Station
University Club
US National Bank Building
US Post Office-St. John's Station
USS BLUEBACK (submarine)
USS LCI-713 (Landing Craft)
Van Vleet, Lewis and Elizabeth, House
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
Vetter, Herman, House
View Point Inn
Villa St. Clara Apartments
Villa St. Rose
Visitors Information Center
Vista Avenue Viaduct
Vista House
Waldo Block
Wallace, John M., Fourplex
Warren, Frank M., House
Washington High School
Washington Park Reservoirs Historic District
Watzek, Aubrey R., House
Webb, Alfred, Investment Properties
Weinhard Brewery Complex
Weist Apartments
Wells Fargo Building
Wells, William Bittle, House
Wells-Guthrie House
West Coast Woods Model Home
West Hall
West's Block
West, Nathaniel, Buildings
Wheeldon Annex
Wheeldon Apartment Building
Wheeler, Cora Bryant, House
Wheeler, James E., House
Whidden-Kerr House and Garden
White, Catherine, House
White, Isam, House
Whitney and Gray Building and Jake's Famous Crawfish Restaurant
Wickersham Apartments
Wilcox Building
Wilcox, Theodore B., Country Estate
Williams Avenue YWCA
Williams, George H., Townhouses
Wilson-Chambers Mortuary
Wilson-South House
Woerner, Louis and Elizabeth, House
Woodlark Building
Wortman, H. C., House
Yale Union Laundry Building
Yeon Building
Yeon, John, Speculative House
Young, John Eben, House
Zimmerman, Jacob, House
Zimmerman, Walter S., House
Zimmerman-Rudeen House
Zion Lutheran Church
About Multnomah County
Multnomah County Timeline
Multnomah County, located in the state of Oregon, has a diverse and fascinating history that dates back thousands of years. The region's first inhabitants were Native American tribes, predominantly the Multnomah and Clackamas people, who relied on the fertile natural resources of the area for their sustenance.
The arrival of European explorers in the late 18th century marked the beginning of significant changes for the region. In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark journeyed through the area while on their famous expedition. However, it was not until the mid-19th century that permanent European settlement began. In 1843, a group of pioneers led by William Overton and Asa Lovejoy established the settlement of "Stumptown" on the banks of the Willamette River, which would later become Portland, the county seat of Multnomah County.
As Portland grew, Multnomah County was officially established in 1854, named after the Native American tribe that had originally inhabited the area. The county quickly became a hub of economic activity, predominantly due to its strategic location and accessibility to the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River. Rapid industrialization followed, fueled by the timber, shipping, and manufacturing sectors that thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Throughout its history, Multnomah County has also been shaped by significant social and cultural movements. In the late 19th century, Portland became known as a progressive city, advocating for women's suffrage, environmental conservation, and workers' rights. The county was also deeply impacted by the forced removal of Native American tribes due to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, leading to significant changes in the region's demographics and culture.
Today, Multnomah County remains a vibrant and dynamic part of Oregon. It is home to a diverse population and continues to be an important economic and cultural center in the Pacific Northwest. The county's rich history, from its Native American roots to its prominent role in the development of the region, contributes to its unique identity and ongoing growth.
The arrival of European explorers in the late 18th century marked the beginning of significant changes for the region. In 1806, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark journeyed through the area while on their famous expedition. However, it was not until the mid-19th century that permanent European settlement began. In 1843, a group of pioneers led by William Overton and Asa Lovejoy established the settlement of "Stumptown" on the banks of the Willamette River, which would later become Portland, the county seat of Multnomah County.
As Portland grew, Multnomah County was officially established in 1854, named after the Native American tribe that had originally inhabited the area. The county quickly became a hub of economic activity, predominantly due to its strategic location and accessibility to the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River. Rapid industrialization followed, fueled by the timber, shipping, and manufacturing sectors that thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Throughout its history, Multnomah County has also been shaped by significant social and cultural movements. In the late 19th century, Portland became known as a progressive city, advocating for women's suffrage, environmental conservation, and workers' rights. The county was also deeply impacted by the forced removal of Native American tribes due to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, leading to significant changes in the region's demographics and culture.
Today, Multnomah County remains a vibrant and dynamic part of Oregon. It is home to a diverse population and continues to be an important economic and cultural center in the Pacific Northwest. The county's rich history, from its Native American roots to its prominent role in the development of the region, contributes to its unique identity and ongoing growth.
Multnomah County Timeline
This timeline provides a condensed summary of the historical journey of Multnomah County, Oregon.
- 1854 - Multnomah County is officially created on December 22, 1854.
- 1855 - East Portland is established as a separate city from Portland.
- 1874 - The city of East Portland is annexed by Portland, merging the two cities together.
- 1914 - The historic Burnside Bridge in Portland is completed, connecting downtown Portland with the Eastside.
- 1950 - The population of Multnomah County reaches over 400,000.
- 1975 - The Oregon Convention Center is opened in Portland.
- 1986 - The first light rail line, MAX Blue Line, begins operating in Multnomah County.
- 2014 - The Sellwood Bridge, a major transportation artery in the county, is replaced by a new bridge.
- 2017 - The Multnomah County Library system celebrates its 150th anniversary.
- 2019 - The population of Multnomah County exceeds 800,000.