About - Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest

Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest provides over 16,000 images and documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest with special emphasis on Oregon’s built environment.

In collaboration with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, many images in the collection represent works listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A significant number of images come from collections donated to the University of Oregon Libraries over the years, including the collection of architectural historian Marion Dean Ross.

Browse & search

Browse & Search features are available at the top left of this page and throughout the collection. Pre-defined browsing is available in these categories: object name, creator, object type, and location (city, county, state).s

Use the advanced search features to construct complex searches employing any of the fields that describe the work, such as object name, creator, type of work, location (state, city, county), decade, and style.

Maps

Using the Images

The images and their associated documentation are provided to facilitate research, instruction, and personal study. Because the images come from different sources, conditions of use might vary. The Rights field on the image record identifies permitted uses.

Contact information

Questions and comments may be emailed to the project director, Edward H. Teague, Head, Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon. The project is a collaborative effort with the AAA Library and Metadata and Digital Services Projects, departments of the University of Oregon Libraries.