511 Federal Building

The 511 Federal Building is a former federal post office that is currently known as the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design of the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, Oregon, United States. PNCA moved into the building in February 2015, after a $32 million remodeling project. Previous occupants of the building included the Department of Homeland Security offices for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as the Department of Agriculture. The building was constructed in 1916–1918 and opened in 1919 after being commissioned by the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the last post offices built under the 1893 Tarsney Act, and cost $1 million. It was designed by architect Lewis P. Hobart. It is located between Portland's Old Town Chinatown and the Pearl District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, as the U.S. Post Office. The building is six stories tall and has a footprint of approximately 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2). It has a basement and sub-basement, complete with walled off shanghai tunnels.

Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

For other buildings called the 511 Building, see 511 Building (disambiguation).

United States historic place

U.S. Post Office (Portland, Oregon)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Seen from the southeast in 2011
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Location	511 NW Broadway Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′37″N 122°40′41″W / 45.526955°N 122.678152°W / 45.526955; -122.678152
Built	1916–1918[2]
Architect	Lewis P. Hobart
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	79002143[1]
Added to NRHP	April 18, 1979 [1]

The 511 Federal Building is a former federal post office that is currently known as the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design of the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[3] PNCA moved into the building in February 2015, after a $32 million remodeling project.^[4]

Previous occupants of the building included the Department of Homeland Security offices for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,^[5] as well as the Department of Agriculture.

The building was constructed in 1916–1918 and opened in 1919^[2] after being commissioned by the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the last post offices built under the 1893 Tarsney Act, and cost $1 million.^[5] It was designed by architect Lewis P. Hobart.^[2] It is located between Portland's Old Town Chinatown and the Pearl District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places^[5] in 1979, as the U.S. Post Office.^[2][1] The building is six stories tall and has a footprint of approximately 20,000 square feet (1,900 m²).^[6] It has a basement and sub-basement, complete with walled off shanghai tunnels.

Gallery

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  Circa 1920 picture of the building, viewed from the southeast
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  2015 picture, shortly after completion of renovation work
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  511 Building Cornerstone
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  East entrance in 2008
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  Cast bronze lamp over entrance

References

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1. ^ ^{a b c} "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Bak, Kristine (1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: U.S. Post Office (Portland, Oregon)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
3. ^ "Historical Timeline". Pacific Northwest College of Art. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
4. ^ Gallivan, Joseph (February 5, 2015). "Art school tries on a grown-up building: PNCA moves into the spectacularly renovated old Federal building on the North Park Blocks". Portland Tribune. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
5. ^ ^{a b c} Redden, Jim (October 26, 2007). "Groups covet historic building: PNCA and Portland Public Market both seek space on Broadway for future home". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
6. ^ Curl, Aimee (March 10, 2003). "Bureau of Immigration and Customs looks for new Portland office space". Daily Journal of Commerce. Portland. Retrieved August 9, 2011.

External links

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• Media related to 511 Federal Building at Wikimedia Commons