Dekum Building

Description: 

McCaw, Martin, and White Architects (American architectural firm, 1883-1897)

Dekum Building

1891-92

 519 Southwest 3rd Avenue, Portland, Oregon

Style: Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque

 

James Barratt, Elizabeth Neal and Katrina Padre, Medieval Portland Capstone Student, Medieval Portland Walking Map Project, Fall 2011

Built in 1891, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Designed by McCaw, Martin, and White. The lower three stories are massive sandstone blocks, while the upper floors are brick. The over-scale arches, the rusticated sandstone blocks that make up the lower floors, and the extensive carvings give the building its Romanesque countenance. Frank Dekum, the original owner, was an immigrant from Bavaria, but he requested that only Oregon materials be used in the building.
 

Protocol: 
Architecture - Public Access
Community: 
Medieval Inspired Architecture
Category: 
Architecture
Keywords: 
Romanesque Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
Creator: 
McCaw, Martin and White Architects (American architectural firm, 1883-1897)
Rights: 
Image reproduced with permission from Portland State University. The institutions that house the specific Medieval Portland objects ultimately hold the rights to their image and reproduction; the images are provided here as a courtesy by those institutions and are for non-profit, educational use only.