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7 Oregon
Historical Society
1200 SW Park Ave. Map 3 B1.
Tel (503) 222-1741.  Library/
SW 9th Ave (red, blue lines).
v to Jefferson St. Museum:
Open 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, noon–
5pm Sun. Library: Open 1–5pm Tue,
10am–5pm Wed–Sat. & 7 =
∑ ohs.org
Eight-story murals by Richard
Haas on the west and south
façades of the Oregon Historical
Society depict the Lewis and
The light-filled stairwell of the Multnomah County Library Clark expedition (see p41), fur
trading, and other important
The hotel incorporates the two known copies of the original events that have shaped the
ornate former headquarters Portland charter, housed in the history of Oregon. On display
of the Elks Lodge as its west John Wilson Rare Book Room. in the galleries, which extend
wing, built in the luxuriant style The library’s most valuable through three buildings, are
of the pre-Depression early possession, worth millions, is some of the 85,000 objects that
1920s to resemble the Palazzo The Birds of America by John make this museum the largest
Farnese in Rome. Mahogany James Audubon, in a full-size repository of Oregon historical
detailing, leather chairs, multi-volume folio edition. artifacts. The exhibits, which
fire places, and warm tones include maps, paintings,
create an atmo sphere of 6 Portland’5 photographs, and historical
old-fashioned opulence. documents, change frequently,
Centers for the Arts since space does not allow for
5 Multnomah 1111 SW Broadway. Map 3 B1. the display of the entire
collection at once.
County Library Tel (503) 248-4335. v to SW On permanent display is
Broadway. 7 8 ∑ portland5.com
“Oregon My Oregon”, a remark-
801 SW 10th Ave. Map 1 B5.
Tel (503) 988-5123.  Library/SW 9th Since the mid-1980s, able exhibition that includes 50
Ave (red, blue lines). v to SW Taylor St. Portland’ 5 Centers for the separate displays recounting
Open 10am–8pm Mon, noon–8pm Arts has been the city’s major the history of the state. There
Tue & Wed, 10am–6pm Thu–Sat, venue for theater, music, and are 12 distinct sections depicting
10am–5pm Sun. Closed major hols. dance. The complex consists Oregon’s rich past, including
7 = ∑ multcolib.org of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Native American languages and
Hall and the , on Broadway, and culture, memorabilia tracing
Alfred E. Doyle, the architect the Keller Auditorium, a few the state’s maritime history, and
whose work in Portland includes blocks east at Southwest 3rd the region’s varied geography.
such landmarks as the Meier Avenue and Clay Street (see Journals of pioneers and millions
and Frank department store p69). In the Antoinette Hatfield of other items can also be viewed
and the drinking fountains that Hall, the Newmark Theatre, in the society’s research library.
grace downtown streets, chose the Brunish Theatre, and the
limestone and brick for this Dolores Winningstad Theatre
distinctive Georgian structure. open off a dramatic, five-story,
The building, completed in cherry-paneled rotunda
1913, is the headquarters of capped by a dome designed
the county library system, by glass artist James Carpenter.
established in 1864 and the The Arlene Schnitzer
oldest library system west of Concert Hall occupies a former
the Mississippi. vaudeville house and movie
Construction and furnishing palace built in 1927. Its ornate,
of the building cost $480,000. Italian Rococo Revival interior
The interior has undergone has been restored, and it is
a few renovations over the now the home of the Oregon
years, the most major of which Symphony. The marquee
was completed in 1997 and continues to illuminate
cost $27 million. Broadway with 6,000 lights,
Notable holdings of the and it now props up a 65-ft-
collection, which is valued at (20-m-) high sign that screams Decorative murals on the façade of the
$18 million, include one of the “Portland” in bright white lights. Oregon Historical Society

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