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Glenn Stanton
Glenn Stanton (1895–1969) was an American architect in practice in Portland, Oregon from 1925 until 1969. From 1951 to 1953 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career Arthur Glenn Stanton was born May 17, 1895 in Humboldt, Iowa. He was raised in Portland, where he attended the public schools. He was educated at the University of Oregon, graduating in 1917. His graduate studies were interrupted by World War I, and he spent part of 1918 and 1919 in Europe with the United States Army. He finished his degree later in 1919, and after further studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he spent the summer of 1921 back in Europe, where he assisted in rebuilding programs. In 1922 he returned to Portland, where he joined the office of Morris H. Whitehouse, a leading regional architect, as a drafter. In 1925 he and another employee, Walter E. Church, were made principals in the firm, which in 1931 was renamed Whitehouse, Stanton & Church. Stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humboldt, Iowa
Humboldt is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,792 at the time of the 2020 census, gaining 340 people over the 2000 total. History Frank A. Gotch Park (just south of present-day Humboldt and Dakota City) was a location of prehistoric and some Dakota Indian villages near where the two forks of the Des Moines River meet. During westward expansion in the 1800s, this area is thought to be the location of a fort/trading post called Fort Confederation. According to Federal records in 1825, permission was granted to build the fort to trade with the Ihanktonwan Dakota (Yankton Sioux) Indians. Information about the exact details of the fort are unclear, such as if American or French Canadian or Metis traders built it, bringing up many questions about this fort. The founder of modern Humboldt, Stephen Harris Taft, laid out the plans for Springvale, the original name of the town, in 1863. It was named Springvale because of the several natural springs fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minidoka War Relocation Center
Minidoka National Historic Site is a National Historic Site in the western United States. It commemorates the more than 13,000 Japanese Americans who were imprisoned at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during the Second World War."Minidoka," Hanako Wakatsuki. ''Densho Encyclopedia'', 10 June 2013. Located in the of south central in Jerome County, the site is in the |
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall
Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC) is a high rise building on the University of Oregon (UO) campus in Eugene, Oregon, USA. Named for Prince Lucien Campbell, the fourth president of the university, PLC houses classrooms, staff offices, and an auditorium. Description PLC is a modernist high rise building located on Kincaid street, on the west side of the university's Memorial Quadrangle (Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Knight Library, Chapman Hall, Condon Hall). PLC consists of a five-story core building on the south end, a ten-story west wing, and an auditorium on the north side. PLC rises 108 feet above ground, and it was the tallest structure on campus until the construction of the 159-foot tower at Hayward Field in 2020. The architecture firm Stanton, Boles, Maguire & Church planned PLC to be built in two stages, with construction between 1962 and 1968. Architects Glenn Stanton and Keith Robert Maguire, both graduates of UO's architecture program, designed Prince Lucien Campbell H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshall High School (Portland, Oregon)
Marshall High School is a former public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States. The school opened on September 6, 1960, and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The school was closed in 2011 as the Portland Public Schools district moved to consolidate students and resources into fewer high schools. History Marshall was built to accommodate 2,400 students, although only 1300 enrolled in its first year. It cost $4,731,506 to build, and included 42 classrooms. It had a library, which projects from a corner of the building into the courtyard, had 7000 books in its first year, and a cafeteria which seated 800 students. Students were drawn from areas previously served by Franklin and Madison High Schools. Marshall was designed by the firm Stanton, Boles, Maguire & Church, which also designed the campus of Lewis and Clark College. Marshall had several innovative design features. It was designed to have conference rooms connected to cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilsonville, Oregon
Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. A portion of the northern section of the city is in Washington County. It was founded as Boones Landing because of the Boones Ferry which crossed the Willamette River at the location; the community became Wilsonville in 1880. The city was incorporated in 1969 with a population of approximately 1,000. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census, and grew to 19,509 as of 2010. Slightly more than 90% of residents at the 2000 census were white, with Hispanics comprising the largest minority group. Located within the Portland metropolitan area, the city also includes the planned communities of Charbonneau on the south side of the river, and Villebois on the western edge. The city is bisected by Interstate 5 and includes I-5's Boone Bridge over the Willamette. Public transportation is provided by the city-owned South Metro Area Regional Transit, which connects to the Portland-based TriMet by train through T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dammasch State Hospital
Dammasch State Hospital was a mental hospital, asylum, and educational center located in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Named for Dr. Ferdinand H. Dammasch, the hospital opened in 1961 and closed in 1995. After its closure, the former site was embroiled in local controversy as it was a proposed location for a women's prison, which angered local residents as the site is less than a mile from residential neighborhoods. The Dammasch building was demolished, and the Villebois housing development occupies its former site. See also * Callahan Center (later Living Enrichment Center) was contiguous to the hospital site and part of the larger development planning area. References External links Smith Eliot's images of Dammasch State HospitalSlide show of Dammasch picturesfrom the Oregon State Archives The Archives Division of the Office of the Secretary of State of Oregon, or the Oregon State Archives, is an agency of the Oregon Secretary of State charged with preserving and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YWCA Of Greater Portland
YWCA of Greater Portland is a charitable organization with a mission to eliminate racism, empower women, and promote peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. The organization serves Multnomah County in four major areas of programming including youth services, domestic violence services, senior services, and social change. History The YWCA of Greater Portland was established in 1901 as part of the larger YWCA USA, Young Women's Christian Association, which was founded in New York City in 1858. The "city association" format of the YWCA was organizing structure of the YWCA was racially segregated at the time. The original Portland board consisted of women from prominent white families, including the Corbetts, Failings, Ladds, and Honeymans. Like other "city associations" of the day, the YWCA sought to reach working women in the downtown area. Along with providing lodging and meals to local women, the Portland YWCA also organized programs to address the needs of women workers m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
400 SW Sixth Avenue
400 SW Sixth Avenue is an eleven-story office building in Downtown Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally known as the First National Bank Building, it opened in 1960 as a six-story bank building. The tall mid-rise contains of space, with retail on the ground floor. From 1995 to 2016 the primary retail tenant was Camera World. History First National Bank of Oregon announced it would build a new headquarters building in 1957, with the contract to build the structure going to Hoffman Construction Company. The planned $3.5 million, five-story building was designed by Stanton, Boles, Maguire & Church and was to have of space. The building was to be on the site of the Century Theater and Lafayette Building, and would also require the demolition of part of the bank's existing headquarters. Construction began in December 1957 on what was to be a two-phase project, in which an initial five-story building would be built to allow the bank to move before its existing 1923 struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvallis, Oregon
Corvallis ( ) is a city and the county seat of Benton County in central western Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Benton County. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 59,922. Corvallis is the location of Oregon State University and Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. Corvallis is the westernmost city in the contiguous 48 states with a population larger than 50,000. History Establishment In October 1845, Joseph C. Avery arrived in Oregon from the east.David D. Fagan''History of Benton County, Oregon: Including... a Full Political History, ...Incidents of Pioneer Life, and Biographical Sketches of Early and Prominent Citizens...''Portland, OR: A.G. Walling, Printer, 1885; pg. 422. Note that a clear typographical error in the original source has Avery's date of arrival as "October 1846", but beginning of his residence in "June 1846." Avery took out a land claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oregon State University
Oregon State University (OSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering college in the nation for 2022. Undergraduate enrollment for all colleges combined averages close to 32,000, making it the state's largest university. Out-of-state students make up over one-quarter of undergraduates and an additional 5,500 students are engaged in graduate coursework through the university. Since its founding, over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Chartered as a land-grant university initially, OSU became one of the four inaugural members of the National Sea Grant College Program, Sea Grant in 1971. It joined the National Space Grant Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Haycox Estate
The Ernest Haycox Estate, located in southwest Portland, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Georgian-Colonial Revival Style house was designed by Glenn Stanton for author Ernest Haycox and completed in 1940. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon Current listings ... References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon Colonial Revival architecture in Oregon Houses completed in 1940 1940 establishments in Oregon Georgian Revival architecture in Oregon Buildings and structures in Southwest Portland, Oregon Portland Historic Landmarks {{Oregon-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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