Whidden and Lewis

Whidden & Lewis was a prominent architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, United States around the beginning of the 20th century formed by William M. Whidden and Ion Lewis. Their residential buildings were mostly in the Colonial Revival style, while their commercial buildings were primarily in the twentieth-century classical style. The commercial buildings often featured brick, along with terra cotta ornamentation. Many of their buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).cite web|url=http://kimfitzgerald.net/Failing_Bldg/Failing_Building_NR_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Failing Building|date=February 27, 2007|accessdate=2008-04-26]

NRHP works in Portland

* Charles F. Adams House
* W. B. Ayer House
* Ayer-Shea House
* Bates-Seller House
* Philip Buehner House
* Walter F. Burrell House
* George Earle Chamberlain House
* Concord Building, 1891, a transition from Richardsonian Romanesque to the Commercial Style
* Charles Crook House
* Failing Office Building, 1913
* Gilbert Building
* Hamilton Building, 1892-1893
* Captain Herbert Holman House
* William and Annie MacMaster House
* Dr. K. A. J. and Cora Mackenzie House (William Temple House)
* W. R. Mackenzie House
* Mohawk Building
* Multnomah County Courthouse, 1911/1914, an outstanding example of Neoclassical Revival architecture
* Portland City Hall, 1895, Renaissance Revival
* Postal Building, 1900, with elegant terra cotta work
* Ira F. Powers Building
* Milton W. Smith House
* Buildings in the South Portland Historic District
* Stevens Building
* Trevett-Nunn House
* Whidden-Kerr House and Garden
* Isam White House
* Wilcox Building

Other works

* Cloud Cap Inn, Mount Hood (NRHP)

Further reading

*Marlitt, Richard. "Matters of Proportion: The Portland Residential Architecture of Whidden & Lewis". Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989.

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