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collection (labeled "Stevens Commercial Photographers"), the building was designed by architects Sutton & Whitney and Lee Thomas, and was built by Robertson Hay & Wallace

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Background

Weatherly's

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business started with a

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freezer in a small candy shop in 1890 and grew to produce an estimated 90% of Oregon ice cream sales. He was "locally credited" with inventing the ice cream cone and to have been the "east side's leading citizen in the 1920 and 1930s". The building helped develop the so-called "uptown district"Laura O. Foste
Portland City Walks: Twenty Explorations in and Around Town
/ref> and had an ice cream shop on its ground floor. An employee of Weatherly's, F. A. Bruckman, invented and patented the first successful cone manufacturing machine.

Architecture

Weatherly Building - 2009 - Portland Oregon

The Weatherly building has Romanesque brick and

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embellishments, including an arcade of arches near the roof. It "was among the first high-rise buildings east of the river, with 12 stories towering over the Morrison Bridge." There are 3 elevators and two rooftop penthouses. Movie theatre operator Walter Eugene Tebetts convinced Weatherly to construct the Oriental Theatre adjacent to the Weatherly building. It was designed by Lee Thomas and Albert Mercier, who also designed many other

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. The large and ornate theatre was the area's second largest, behind the Portland Theatre. It was torn down in 1970 to make way for a parking lot. The building and theatre cost $1.5 million.Gary Lacher, Steve Ston
Theatres of Portland
p. 58

Ownership and occupants

The Weatherly sold in 2002 to Mayfield Investment in

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for $7.4 million. It was previously owned by Landmark Investments, who owned it since 1984. Tenants of the Weatherly have included Burns Bros. Inc., Kerr Violin Shop,

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References

External links

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Weatherly Building websitePostcard of Weatherly Building
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