Pittock Block

Infobox nrhp
name = Pittock Block
nrhp_type =


caption = View of the Washington Street face.
location = Portland, Oregon
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 45
lat_minutes = 31
lat_seconds = 17
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 50
long_direction = W
area =
built = 1914/1923
architect = Doyle & Patterson
architecture = Chicago
added = 1987
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum=87001507 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
mpsub =
governing_body =PrivateThe Pittock Block is a building in downtown Portland, Oregon. Since 1987, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places. [cite web
url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OR/Multnomah/state8.html
title = National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon, pg. 8
accessdate = 2007-08-06 ]

The site originally was the home of Henry L. Pittock, Portland's major newspaper tycoon. Pittock was preparing to move into the Pittock Mansion and leased the entire block to a California investor with the requirement that a "worthy" building named after Pittock would be built on the site. [King, Bart: An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, pgs. 42-43. Gibbs Smith, 2001]

References

ee also

*Henry L. Pittock
*Architecture in Portland, Oregon
*List of Registered Historic Places in Multnomah County, Oregon

External links

* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=pittockblock-portland-or-usa Pittock Block (Emporis)]