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| Object Name | Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
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| View | exterior: Coliseum exterior viewed from Broadway Bridge, looking east. |
| Alternate Name | Portland Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
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| Creator/Role | Skidmore Owings and Merrill (architecture firm)
A. William Rouzie (1924- )
David Pugh, Sr. (architect)
W. Jack Gilstrap (architect, 1922- )
Hoffman Construction Company (builder/contractor)
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| Creator | Skidmore Owings and Merrill
Rouzie, A. William
Gilstrap, W. Jack
Pugh, David, Sr.
Hoffman Construction Company
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| Date | 1960
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| City | Portland
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| County | Multnomah
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| State/Province | Oregon
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| Country | United States
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| Site Detail | 1401 North Wheeler Avenue; 300 North Winning Street |
| Photograph Date | 2009
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| Photographer | Kristen Minor, Peter Meijer Architect PC
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| Cataloger | Edward H. Teague |
| Object Type | architecture
built works
views (visual works)
exterior views
recreation buildings
sports buildings
cultural centers (buildings)
auditoriums
arenas
stadiums
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| Period/Style | International Style |
| Materials/Technique | concrete; glass; metal; wood; plywood |
| Signficance | National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 2009) |
| Reference | Temko, Allan. "Portland's Great Hall of Glass." Architectural Forum 114, April 1961. |
| Metadata Notes | Description of this work is based initially on documentation supplied by the image provider. It is often the case with gift slides that very little information is provided. Review and updating of descriptive information by the collection cataloger is ongoing. |
| Digital Collection | Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
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| Source Collection | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Image Source | Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/ |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Copyright | This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. |
| File Name | OR_MultnomahCounty_MemorialColiseum_01.jpg |
