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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1907)
THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1907. h sV' ' - , .'fj i lr Hi I:. a .v J ill Ukoi' .".fstlel ' it. -v. lit i 1 f -v if- ; i i r 7Jr2--Ji- ."V n r- 1 s. 4 4 , -flic . t t-L': I 1?1 J ".I It. mi . ji 4 I rf 4 ITS"0. 4 jFJ - v Hfjf V1 ' ' . .. ..... - a-E.. ': ' '"Wjrtwmr. .. ,i . - I Si . - Aff 4 A-"" PI it. '. 4s 1 J.J !fV V ?" X JUX. T"i? 34? ' Twx '..y. -x o. ,- . . r.s.:v -.L. VC 1 -..Til - .11 Iv - i - 4 u V f- "-IK 5 4 ,l!5 5 Hs- r 4 the organization subscribed 1350,000 for the erection of a bulldlngr. ' Since that time the matter has steadily grone forward under ithe auspices of a building- committee, and work: upon the new structure is to commence as soon as the plans can be complct-ed by the architects, Whldden Iewte. Th buildlnir will be eight stories in height. The floors not need ed for the clubrooms will be used for office and business purposes. Another building of similar char acter Is that to be erected by the Board of Trade Building Association. This project was only recently an nounced, but the structure is to be under way In a very short time. A quarter-block for a site was acquired two months ago on a 80-year lease pur chase. It Is at the southeast corner of Fourth and Oak streets, immediately adjoining the big Chamber of Com merce building. The Board of Trade at first planned to build 10 stories, but has now added one more floor in the plans. Tt prac tically has been decided to ftuild of reinforced concrete. The two upper floors will be used as quarters of the Board of Trade, which is now In the Chamber of Commerce building. The first floor will be given over to stores and the remainder will be devoted to office purposes. The building. It Is estimated, will cost $300,000. D. C. Lewis Is the architect. J. B. Teon is preparing to erect a 10 story building at the northeast corner of Fifth and Alder -streets on property which he purchased a year ago. it will cover an entire quarter-block and will be one of the finest of the down-town office structures. Mr. Yeon would have built as soon as he acquired the prop erty had the ground not been hold under leases which will not expire until next Summer. When these leases expire work will at once commence. Specifications already have been pre pared. The building will cost .nearly $500,000. Fifth street, near the site of the pro posed Yeon building, shows perhaps the greatest Improvement of any sin gle section of the city. Just across the street, at tho southeast corner of the Intersection with Alder, the six story Falling building Is now nearlng completion. It Is a steel frame struc ture and Is designed to carry four ad ditional stories which, doubtless, will soon be added. When completed this building will be occupied by thB Honeyman Hardware Company and the J. M. Ac.heson Company among the other firms. The latter company baa purcnased the lot adjoining on the ' south, which It Is now Improving with a three-story building, which it will also occupy. A block further south, at the south east corner of Fifth and Morrison streets, the Corbett estate is erecting a handsome steel-frame office build ing which is to be 10 stories in height. It is a strictly "Class A" structure and will be one of the most costly of the new buildings under way. It Is understood that when this building is completed the ground floor will be occupied by the Security Savings & Trust Company. The upper floors will be divided into office suites. Adjoining the Yeon building on the north is the 1j. Q. Swetland building, covering a single lot and just being completed. It is seven stories high, and, although not strictly a "Class A" building. Is one of unusually attractive appearance. It was designed by Emll Sehacht, as was also the building on the lot adjoining on the east, which was erected by D. K. Buchanan. This latter building is six stories in height.' Though this stretch of two blocks, with five, large buildings under way and ono other assured. Is perhaps the scene of the moat activity in construc tion, it Is far from being the only one. In fact, there is hardly a block in the central business district not already well Improved which is not to have one or more new buildings, now under way or soon to be commenced. A ten-story brick will soon be erect ed by the Beck estate at Seventh and Oak streets. The plans for this build ing are being prepared by I. L. Will lams,, and are nearly complete. The Beck estate has been waiting for the opening of Oak street before beginning operations. ' Among the- buildings completed dur ing the past few months, or now un der way, and worthy of special men tion, are the Tull & Gibba building, seven stories, erected by Charles Sweeny, and covering three lots at Seventh and Morrison streets: the Til ford building, Ave stories. Tenth and Morrison; the Couch building, eight stories, on Fourth, between Washing ton and Stark; the Brooke-Giesy build ing, five stories, Second and Stark; the Fliedner building, five stories. Tenth and Washington; the Celser building, six stories, Psrk. between Morrison and Alder; Mason-Ehrman bulldlng five stories. Fifth and Everett. There are altogether a score of substantial brick blocks, vajrying from three to 13 stories in height, now under way. . , For alteration and repairs the past mm sWin-rrmuwr iminin Hife i hi? r' k 1 Mj'ISr? 1?l v. T s - ft ix- 4a fm tuilh . tome siiir rv. ' i.x;' irKt. ? Hsu. . Vt. "VSw J1' -Le . I I III I I T'W1 ff fin SSI -.:v;:Viv.?.:..-. 3SZ zc&z&zm jzjccjwv&z: -"-Sr x, 4 V x Z It 4 I I iolx --x-x. t - - -x: J a-J-Mfcfix.,. rtw, -x xx t ft, " x -, 'l,iL'. " ' .x -x T S xL! -X." " ' x. - S(f 1 i. " 'x 'v.yfx tT4x x x r, t j c , " x vx. 'X vv - tiki r f ,-ct fc . , i ' '!114?,tJii-t 7 4wJ ?x. V X V X t t v year in the down-town business dis trict has been exceptional. So great have been the changes along Morrison and Washington streets especially as to wholly alter the appearance of these, the leading business thorough fares. In many business houses mod ern plateglass fronts have been installed and other betterments have been ef fected. - . This movement has not -been con fined to a few streets, aa the improve ments, have been going on along sev eral of the less important thorough fares, and in a few districts property owners have perfected organizations with this object in view. Great as the building movement has been in the business district, it has been surpassed, if anything, in the resi dence sections of the city. In every direction fin dwellings have been springing up almost over night, and neighborhoods which a year ago were practically vacant are now well im proved. No other proof of Portland's rapid growth would be needed than a tour of the city, which would show the hundreds of new homes on every hand. Most of the new dwellings have been erected for homes, and not to rent. Those which have been' built as invest ments, however, have found ready ten ants, and the very small number of va cant houses in Portland at present is surprising. On the West Side, the greater part of the building has been on Portland and Willamette Heights.- The .unsur passed view which is to be obtained from this high ground has attracted those who desire scenic homesites, and some of the finest dwellings have been j built on these heights. . Portland neignts was opened tor residence building only a few years ago by the construction of an electric line, and al ready this district has become one of the most popular In the city. During the coming year this activity will prob ably extend to Council Crest, which has been given streetcar -connection and laid out in lots during the past year. The sale of lots on the Crest has been large, and it is certain that a heavy building movement will bo in augurated there during the coming Spring. In the select residence district of the West Side, there has also been considerable building. In this section all dwellings erected have been very attractive, and in most cases have cost over $5000.' The most costly residence built during the year was that of Mrs. Sol Hlrsch, now nearlng completion on Washington street, between St. Clair and Ford. Mrs. H. W. Coe Is having a $25,000 home built at Twenty-fifth, and Lovejoy streets, and one for Sol Rosenthal, at Park avenue and Ford streets, is to cost $13,000. Work on many other expensive homes has re cently been commenced, and a large number of such homos have been planned to be built during the coming Spring. Among the fine residences announced for the coming year la one to bs erected by A. U Mills, president of the First National Bank. It will be com pleted next Summer at a cost of $0. 000. The plans for this home wer drawn by Boston architects. As hus been the case for several years, the greatest residence building during 1906 was on the Cast Side Sites in the select residence districts of the West Side are becoming raor and more limited, and, as a conse quence, people are seeking homes across the river. For the person of moderate means, too, the East Side presents the advantage of desirable lots at a mod erate price. The activity in building has been con fined to no definite portion of the East Side, but has extended east from the river along all the carllnes and up and down the Willamette. In Irvlngton, Mount Tabor, Sunnystde, and the larger suburbs may fine dwellings have been erected, while in the newer sections the new homes are less costly but mora numerous. - With all the building in Portland, how ever, both residence and business, the movement has not been beyond the de mand. Every . business structure erected has been occupied immediately while none of the older structures have been vacated. As a matter of fact there are not buildings enough for the present needs. The population and business of the city Is increasing more rapidly than the buildings are multiplying. Moreover Increased business has brought about an advance in rents all over the city during the past year. Because of the great increase in busi and population it is probable that the building activity of 1907 will exceed that of 1906, Just as that of the past year exceeded that of J9U5. There never was a time in the history of Portland when so many building projects were an nounced or when local architects were so busy getting out specifications. From all indications, the present movement will proceed until every frame structure has disappeared from the business district, and structures of brick and stone line streets which now lie outside of the busi ness section. .
