Morgan Building
Morgan Building | |
Portland Historic Landmark[2] | |
![]() Viewed from the northeast in 2018 | |
Location | 720 SW Washington Street Portland, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 45°31′14″N 122°40′46″W / 45.520628°N 122.679523°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1913 [3] |
Architect | Doyle, Patterson & Beach |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
NRHP reference No. | 96001003 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 12, 1996 |
The Morgan Building is an office building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[3][1]
The Morgan was home to Theodore Kruse's Rainbow Grill, which opened in October 1913. Kruse had closed his Louvre restaurant, a hotspot in the gay community, after it was a focal point of the 1912 Portland vice scandal. The Rainbow advertised "fat, juicy, delicious" oysters and a "Special Men's Grill" with meat of the diner's choosing. It closed in June 1915.[4][5]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 37. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Tess, John M. (November 15, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Morgan Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ Painter, George. "The Louvre Restaurant". glapn.org. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Anderson, Heather Arndt (January 10, 2018). "A City Scandalized". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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Media related to Morgan Building (Portland, Oregon) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1913 establishments in Oregon
- A. E. Doyle buildings
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Oregon
- Buildings and structures in Portland, Oregon
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
- Office buildings completed in 1913
- Portland Historic Landmarks
- Southwest Portland, Oregon
- Oregon Registered Historic Place stubs