Built 1913–14 Area 400 m² Added to NRHP 5 March 1998 | NRHP Reference # 98000213 Architecture firm Whidden & Lewis | |
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Location 812 SW Washington Street
Portland, Oregon Architectural style Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Skyscraper Similar Portland Children's Museum, Pioneer Courthouse, Screen Door, Delta Park, Portland International Raceway | ||
The Stevens Building is a commercial and office building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 12-story building was designed by Whidden & Lewis. The design is similar to the Failing Office Building (1907) and Wilcox Building (1911), also by Whidden & Lewis. Construction began in August 1913 and was completed in 1914, with the building opening on May 1, 1914. The total construction cost was $375,000 (equivalent to $9 million in 2017). The building is approximately 152 feet (46 m) tall.
Most of the building's original tenants were doctors and dentists and their patient clinics, and the building's design was adapted for that use. The building was renovated in 1954 to designs by architect Pietro Belluschi.
In 2008, it was purchased by the Church of Scientology for $5.38 million, with the expectation of becoming the headquarters for its Portland chapter. In 2010, they bought the Sherlock Building, also located in downtown Portland, having discovered that the Stevens Building would be too expensive to renovate for their purposes. The Church sold the building in October 2013 for $4.35 million to Arthur Mutal Investments LLC, who were reported to be planning to turn it into a hotel.
Tenants
As of September 2011, one of the ground-floor tenants of the building is Finnegan's Toys & Gifts, who moved to 820 SW Washington Street after occupying the Blanchard Building at 922 SW Yamhill Street since 1981.