Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon)

Historic bank building in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Not to be confused with Wells Fargo Center.

Wells Fargo Building

Location in Portland
Alternative names	Porter Building US National Bank Building
General information
Type	Commercial offices
Location	309 SW 6th Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′18″N 122°40′39″W / 45.521620°N 122.677575°W / 45.521620; -122.677575
Construction started	1905
Completed	1907
Height
Roof	56.4 m (185 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	12
Floor area	20,903 sq ft (1,942.0 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Benjamin Wistar Morris III


Wells Fargo Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Portland Historic Landmark

Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	86002839
Added to NRHP	October 9, 1986

References

The Wells Fargo Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The large doorstep at the building's entryway required the largest slab of granite ever shipped to Portland at the time. Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of 182 feet (55 m), it was the tallest building in Portland (and indeed in all of Oregon), exclusive of towers, and remained so for four years. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured 194 feet (59 m) in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.

In 1946, the building was purchased by the United States National Bank of Portland, whose headquarters was located in a smaller building located directly adjacent, immediately to the south. U.S. National Bank used the Wells Fargo Building to expand its downtown Portland headquarters.

In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
^ "Emporis building ID 122629". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Wells Fargo Building". SkyscraperPage.
King, Bart (2001). An Architectural Guidebook to Portland. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith. p. 25. ISBN 9780879059910.
^ "Yeon Skyscraper Starts March 10". (February 6, 1910). The Sunday Oregonian, Section 4, p. 12.
"$875,000 Annex for U. S. National; Porter Building Pioneers City's Steel Construction". (September 26, 1946). The Oregonian, p. 18.
Pratt, Gerry (October 28, 1970). "Bank Offers Bonus: New Life to Old Area". The Oregonian. p. 38.
"Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 42. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

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