Frigidaire Building Explained

Frigidaire Building
Designated Other1 Name:Portland Historic Landmark[1]
Designated Other1 Color:lightgreen
Location:230 E. Burnside Street
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates:45.5227°N -122.663°W
Map Alt:Locator map
Built:1929
Architect:Knighton & Howell
Added:March 8, 1989
Refnum:89000091

The Frigidaire Building or Templeton Building is a building in southeast Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was designed by William C. Knighton and Leslie D. Howell and completed in 1929 for O.E. (Oscar) Heintz and occupied by Frigidaire until 1934. When prohibition was repealed in 1933, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission was created through Oregon's Knox Bill. OLCC occupied the building once Frigidare left. Later it was occupied by R.J. Templeton, an auto parts distributor.[2]

The building was purchased by Artiste Lofts LLC in 2004 for $800,000. It had been previously owned by Joanne Ferrero.[3] Later, the building contained Disjecta.

As of 2020 the building contains OMFGCO, a creative agency who placed a very visible quote on the building stating "Long live the wildcards, misfits & dabblers".[4]

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  2. Web site: Oregon National Register List. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. 33. October 19, 2009. June 8, 2011. July 16, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060716084142/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Templeton Building sold to investor - Portland Business Journal . Wendy Culverwell . Portland Business Journal . 13 August 2004 . 1 August 2020 .
  4. Web site: OMFGCO – OMFGCO Studio . OMFGCO . 22 August 2016 . 1 August 2020 .