National Register Listing

Pearson Mortuary

a.k.a. Pearson Company;Undertakers and Embalmers; The Pearson Mortuary Church;Pearson & Co. Morticians

301 NE Knott St., Portland, OR
Local significance of the building:
Architecture

Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
About National Register Listings

The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.

The largest living organism in the world is a fungus in Oregon. The Armillaria ostoyae fungus covers over 2,200 acres of forest in eastern Oregon and is estimated to be over 2,400 years old. It is also known as the "Humongous Fungus."