Blagen Block

The Blagen Block is an historic building in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. The four-story building was designed by Warren H. Williams and completed in 1888. In 1970, the city's Historic Landmarks Commission designated the Blagen Block as a Portland Historic Landmark.[2] In 1975, it was listed as a primary landmark in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination of the Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District, the building's designation subsequently translated to "contributing property" under post-1970s NRHP terminology.[2] Since 2014, Airbnb has had offices in the building,[3] opening its office in December of that year.[4]

Blagen Block
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
The building's exterior, 2007
Location30–34 NW First Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′25.2″N 122°40′15.8″W
Built1888 (1888)
ArchitectWarren H. Williams
Architectural styleoriginally Italianate
Part ofPortland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District (ID75001597)
Designated CPDecember 5, 1975

References
  1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014), Historic Landmarks – Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved 2017-12-04.
  2. Portland Bureau of Planning (October 6, 2008). "Revised Documenation, National Historic Landmark Nomination: Skidmore/Old Town Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. pp. 15, 17. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  3. Njus, Elliot (March 14, 2014). "Airbnb's Old Town Chinatown site an unexpected fit for operational headquarters". OregonLive.com.
  4. "Airbnb opens new headquarters in Portland". KOIN. December 11, 2014.
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