| Wells Fargo Building | |||||||||||||
| Alternate Names: | Porter Building US National Bank Building | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 309 SW 6th Avenue Portland, Oregon | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 45.5216°N -122.6776°W | ||||||||||||
| Map Type: | USA Portland downtown | ||||||||||||
| Start Date: | 1905 | ||||||||||||
| Completion Date: | 1907 | ||||||||||||
| Building Type: | Commercial offices | ||||||||||||
| Roof: | 56.4m (185feet) | ||||||||||||
| Floor Count: | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Floor Area: | 20903square feet | ||||||||||||
| Architect: | Benjamin Wistar Morris III | ||||||||||||
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| References: | [2] | ||||||||||||
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.[3] Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of 182feet,[4] it was the tallest building in Portland[2] (and indeed in all of Oregon), exclusive of towers,[4] and remained so for four years. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured 194feet in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.[4]
In 1946,[5] 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.[6]
In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]