Telegram Building

	Telegram Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Portland Historic Landmark
	View of clock tower and main entry in 2009
Location	1101–1117 SW Washington Street; Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′19″N 122°40′57″W / 45.521917°N 122.682619°W
Built	1922
Architect	Rassmussen Grace Company
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	93001560
Added to NRHP	1994

The Telegram Building is a historic building in Portland, Oregon. It was constructed in 1922,^[2] several years after The Evening Telegram newspaper had been purchased by John E. and L. R. Wheeler.^[3] The Telegram was a newspaper founded in 1877 by Henry L. Pittock; it merged in 1931 with the Portland News, creating the Portland News-Telegram, which ceased publishing in 1939.

The red brick and terra-cotta structure culminates in a colonial-style clock tower.^[4]

A major renovation was completed in 2004, renovating the building to accommodate multi-tenant office space. The renovation added two floors of underground parking, office space upstairs, and a penthouse (also office space) behind the clock tower. The Telegram Building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[2]

References

^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
^ Turnbull, George S. (1939). "The Portland Telegram" . History of Oregon Newspapers . Binfords & Mort.
^ King, Bart. An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, pp. 53-54 (photo). Gibbs Smith, 2001

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