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Failing Office Building
Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Failing Office Building is a building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 2007.[2] The building was built during the rapid growth in Portland's business district after the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in 1905. It was built with six stories in 1907, with a six-story addition in 1913. It features a reinforced steel-frame structure with facades of yellow brick and glazed terra cotta.[3]
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Failing Office Building | |
![]() Failing Office Building in 2017 | |
Location | 620 SW 5th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 45°31′09″N 122°40′37″W |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | Whidden & Lewis |
Architectural style | Early Commercial |
MPS | Downtown Portland, Oregon MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 07001129[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 31, 2007 |
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The Failing Office Building is currently known as The 620 Building.