Type Commercial offices Roof 56.4 m (185 ft) Height 56 m Opened 1907 Architect Benjamin Wistar Morris | Completed 1907 Floor count 12 Floors 12 Construction started 1905 | |
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Alternative names Porter BuildingUS National Bank Building Location 309 SW 6th AvenuePortland, Oregon Architectural style Renaissance Revival architecture Similar United States National, Wells Fargo Center, Union Bank Tower, American Bank Building, 1000 Broadway | ||
The Wells Fargo Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The large doorstep at the building's entryway required the largest slab of granite ever shipped to Portland at the time. Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of 182 feet (55 m), it was the tallest building in Portland (and indeed in all of Oregon), exclusive of towers, and remained so for four years. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured 194 feet (59 m) in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.
Map of Wells Fargo Building, 309 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97204, USA
In 1946, the building was purchased by the United States National Bank of Portland, whose headquarters was located in a smaller building located directly adjacent, immediately to the south. U.S. National Bank used the Wells Fargo Building to expand its downtown Portland headquarters.
In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.