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Multnomah County, Oregon

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1854formed
815,428pop. 2020
28cemeteries
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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 640 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972; 7 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Portland, Gresham, Troutdale.

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

505 of 640 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

640 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abraham, Simon, DuplexPortlandBuilding1999
Adams, Charles F., HousePortlandBuilding1981
Ainsworth, Maud and Belle, HousePortlandBuilding1986
Albee, H. Russell, HousePortlandBuilding1992
Albers Brothers Milling CompanyPortlandBuilding1984
Alco ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2017
Alderway BuildingPortlandBuilding2024
Alphabet Historic District (Additional Documentation)PortlandDistrict2000
Ambassador ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1979
Ambruster, Frederick, CottagePortlandBuilding2001
American Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1993
American Can Company ComplexPortlandBuilding1996
Amundsen, Roy E. and Hildur L., HouseGreshamBuilding2019
Anderson, Emanuel and Christina, HouseGreshamBuilding2005
Annand-Loomis HousePortlandBuilding1997
Arleta Branch LibraryPortlandBuilding2016
Arlington ClubPortlandBuilding2010
Arminius HotelPortlandBuilding1988
Armstrong, Alfred J. and Georgia A., HousePortlandBuilding2002
Arnold-Park Log HomePortlandBuilding2010
Ashley, Mark A. M., HousePortlandBuilding1979
Auditorium and Music HallPortlandBuilding1980
Auto Freight Transport Building of Oregon and WashingtonPortlandBuilding2005
Auto Rest GaragePortlandBuilding1996
Autzen, Thomas J., HousePortlandBuilding1992
Ayer, W. B., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Ayer-Shea HousePortlandBuilding1982
Bader, Louis J., House and GardenPortlandBuilding1989
Bagdad TheatrePortlandBuilding1989
Balch Gulch BridgePortlandStructure2025
Balfour-Gutherie BuildingPortlandBuilding2002
Ball-Ehrman HousePortlandBuilding1991
Ballou & Wright Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1987
Bank of California BuildingPortlandBuilding1978
Barber BlockPortlandBuilding1977
Barnes, Frank C., HousePortlandBuilding1983
Barnhart-Wright HousePortlandBuilding1997
Bartman, Gustave, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Baruh-Zell HousePortlandBuilding2007
Bates, John M. and Elizabeth, House No. 1PortlandBuilding1990
Bates-Seller HousePortlandBuilding1979
Bay E, West Ankeny Car BarnsPortlandBuilding1978
Becker, Christine, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Bedell BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Belle Court ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1986
Bennes, John Virginius and Annice, HousePortlandBuilding2013
Benson HotelPortlandBuilding1986
Benson, Simon, HousePortlandBuilding2002
Berg, Charles F., BuildingPortlandBuilding1983
Bergman, Joseph, HousePortlandBuilding1983
Beth Israel SchoolPortlandBuilding1978
Biltmore ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1991
Bishop's HousePortlandBuilding1974
Bishopcroft of the Episcopal Diocese of OregonPortlandBuilding2000
Blake McFall Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1990
Blakely, Charles O. and Carie C., HousePortlandBuilding2019
Bohnsen CottagesPortlandBuilding2008
Bonneville Dam Historic District NHLBonnevilleDistrict1986
Bonneville Dam Historic District (Boundary Increase) NHLBonnevilleDistrict1987
Boschke-Boyd HousePortlandBuilding2005
Bowers, George W. and Hetty A., HousePortlandBuilding2011
Bowles, Joseph R., HousePortlandBuilding1978
Bowman, F. E., ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1989
Bowman, John and Ellen, HousePortlandBuilding2008
Bradley, J. S., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Brainard, William E., HousePortlandBuilding1979
Braly, J. C., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Bramhall, Jennie, HousePortlandBuilding1999
Bretnor ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1991
Brick House BeautifulPortlandBuilding2012
Broadway BridgePortlandStructure2012
Broadway BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Broadway HotelPortlandBuilding1993
Brown ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1991
Bruening, Henry C. and Wilhemina, HousePortlandBuilding2004
Buck Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1990
Buckler-Henry HousePortlandBuilding1980
Buehner, Philip, HousePortlandBuilding1980
Bunyan, Paul, StatuePortlandStructure2009
Burke-Clark HousePortlandBuilding1982
Burkes-Belluschi HousePortlandBuilding2025
Burnside BridgePortlandStructure2012
Burrell Heights ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1997
Burrell, Walter F., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Burrell, Walter F., House (Boundary Increase)PortlandSite1991
Buyers BuildingPortlandBuilding1994
Bybee-Howell HouseSauvie IslandBuilding1974
Calumet HotelPortlandBuilding1984
Calvary Presbyterian ChurchPortlandBuilding1972
Campbell Court HotelPortlandBuilding2008
Campbell HotelPortlandBuilding1988
Campbell TownhousesPortlandBuilding1980
Campbell, David, MemorialPortlandObject2010
Cannady, Beatrice Morrow and E.D., HousePortlandBuilding2024
Cardwell-Holman HousePortlandBuilding2005
Cardwell-Parrish HousePortlandBuilding1991
Carey, Judge Charles Henry and Mary Bidwell, HousePortlandBuilding2022
Central Building, Public LibraryPortlandBuilding1979
Chamberlain, George Earle, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Chown, Francis R., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Clarke-Mossman HousePortlandBuilding2002
Clovelly Garden ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1983
Clyde HotelPortlandBuilding1994
Cobb, Samuel, HousePortlandBuilding1999
Cobbs, Frank J. and Maude Louise, EstatePortlandBuilding2002
Cohn-Sichel HousePortlandBuilding2008
Cole, David, HousePortlandBuilding1980
Coleman-Scott HousePortlandBuilding1985
Columbia River Highway Historic District NHLTroutdaleDistrict1983
Commodore HotelPortlandBuilding1984
Concord BuildingPortlandBuilding1977
Cook, Jacob H. and Etna M., HousePortlandBuilding2021
Corbett Brothers Auto Storage GaragePortlandBuilding1996
Corbett, Elliott R., HousePortlandBuilding1996
Corbett, H. L. and Gretchen Hoyt, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Corkish ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1981
Cornelius HotelPortlandBuilding1986
Costanzo Family HousePortlandBuilding2007
Costello, James C. and Mary A., HousePortlandBuilding2001
Cotillion HallPortlandBuilding1979
Couch Family Investment DevelopmentPortlandBuilding1980
Crook, Charles, HousePortlandBuilding1997
Crum, Virgil and Beulah, HousePortlandBuilding1999
Crumpacker, Maurice, HousePortlandBuilding1992
Cumberland ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1990
Darcelle XVPortlandBuilding2020
Davis BlockPortlandBuilding1999
Day BuildingPortlandBuilding1978
Dayton Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1981
Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber ShopPortlandBuilding2022
Deere, John, Plow Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Dekum, ThePortlandBuilding1980
Del Rey ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1991
Devers, Arthur H., HousePortlandBuilding2026
Dickson, Henry B., HousePortlandBuilding1997
Digman-Zidell HousePortlandBuilding1993
Doernbecher, Frank Silas, HousePortlandBuilding1978
Dooly, Frank E., HousePortlandBuilding1980
Dosch, Henry E., HousePortlandBuilding1978
Dosch, Henry E., Investment PropertyPortlandBuilding1987
Douglas BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Druhot, Alice, HousePortlandBuilding1988
Ducey, Elizabeth, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Dupont, Edward D., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Durham-Jacobs HousePortlandBuilding1987
East Portland Branch, Public Library of Multnomah CountyPortlandBuilding1987
East Portland Grand Avenue Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1991
East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)PortlandDistrict2013
Eastman-Shaver HousePortlandBuilding1985
Eastmoreland Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2022
Edwards, J. G., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Electric BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Elks TemplePortlandBuilding1978
Elliott HousePortlandBuilding2005
Elm Street ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1991
Emerson ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2000
Enterprise Planing MillPortlandBuilding2006
Envoy Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1988
Equitable BuildingPortlandBuilding1976
Eugene ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1994
Eugenia ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1989
Failing Office BuildingPortlandBuilding2007
Fairmount HotelPortlandBuilding2000
Fairview City JailFairviewBuilding2016
Farrer, Franklin W., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Fenton, William D., HousePortlandBuilding1979
First Church of Christ, ScientistPortlandBuilding1978
First Congregational ChurchPortlandBuilding1975
First National BankPortlandBuilding1974
First Presbyterian Church of PortlandPortlandBuilding1974
First Regiment Armory AnnexPortlandBuilding2000
First Unitarian Church of PortlandPortlandBuilding1978
Fisher, Raymond and Catherine, HousePortlandBuilding2006
Fisher, Thaddeus, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Flanders, Caroline W. and M. Louise, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Flatiron BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Frances Building and Echo TheaterPortlandBuilding1994
Frank, M. Lloyd, EstatePortlandDistrict1979
Freiwald, Gustav, HousePortlandBuilding1993
Fried-Durkheimer HousePortlandBuilding2019
Frigidaire BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Fruit and Flower MissionPortlandBuilding1986
Frye, J. O., HousePortlandBuilding1985
Gangware, Roy and Leola, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Gaston, Joseph, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Gaston-Strong HousePortlandBuilding1990
Gatehouse, Portland City Reservoir No. 2PortlandBuilding1990
Gedamke, William, HouseGreshamBuilding1989
Genoa BuildingPortlandBuilding1997
Gerber, G.G., BuildingPortlandBuilding2007
German Baptist Old People’s HomePortlandBuilding2020
Giesy-Failing HousePortlandBuilding1991
Gilbert BuildingPortlandBuilding1980
Gilliland, Lewis T., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Golden West HotelPortlandBuilding2022
Goldsmith, Alan and Barbara, HousePortlandBuilding2007
Goldsmith, Bernard and Emma, HousePortlandBuilding2018
Goodman, Joseph, HousePortlandBuilding1993
Gowanlock, Elizabeth B., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Graf, Andreas, HouseCorbettBuilding1980
Graham, Thomas, BuildingPortlandBuilding1992
Grand Central Public MarketPortlandBuilding2006
Grand Stable Building and Adjacent Commercial BuildingPortlandBuilding1982
Grant, Henry M., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Green, Bertha M. and Marie A., HousePortlandBuilding1992
Green, Harry A. and Ada, HousePortlandBuilding2013
Greenwood, Frederick and Grace, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Gresham Carnegie LibraryGreshamBuilding2000
Groat-Gates HousePortlandBuilding1989
Hahn, Henry, HousePortlandBuilding1993
Hall, Hazel, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Halprin Open Space SequencePortlandDistrict2013
Hamilton BuildingPortlandBuilding1977
Hamilton, Alexander B. and Anna Balch, HousePortlandBuilding1993
Hamlin, Charles Hunter, HouseGreshamBuilding2016
Hancock Street FourplexPortlandBuilding1993
Hanthorn ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2014
Harlow BlockPortlandBuilding1980
Harlow, Fred, HouseTroutdaleBuilding1984
Harmon-Neils HousePortlandBuilding1984
Harris, Dr. Homer H., HousePortlandBuilding2017
Harrison Court ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2005
Haseltine, William A., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Hawthorne BridgePortlandStructure2012
Hawthorne, Rachel Louise, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Haycox, Ernest, EstatePortlandBuilding1994
Heathman HotelPortlandBuilding2014
Heintz, Albert, Oscar, and Linda, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Hendershott, Dr. Harry M., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Henry, C. K., BuildingPortlandBuilding1982
Herschell-Spillman Noah's Ark CarouselPortlandStructure1987
Heusner, George F., HousePortlandBuilding1978
Hexter, Levi, HousePortlandBuilding1980
Hiberian HallPortlandBuilding2005
Hickey, James, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Hill HotelPortlandBuilding1995
Hines, Pierre Rossiter and Charlotte, HousePortlandBuilding2002
Holden, William B., HousePortlandBuilding1999
Holden, William B., House (Boundary Decrease)PortlandSite2016
Hollywood TheatrePortlandBuilding1983
Holman, Capt. Herbert, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Holman, Rufus C., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Holt-Saylor-Liberto HousePortlandBuilding1978
Honeyman Hardware Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Honeyman, David T. and Nan Wood, HousePortlandBuilding1987
Honeyman, John S., HousePortlandBuilding1985
Honeyman, Walter B. & Myrtle E., HousePortlandBuilding2014
Hotel AlderPortlandBuilding2004
Hotel Alma (Additional Documentation)PortlandBuilding2009
Hotel RamapoPortlandBuilding1985
Hryszko Brothers BuildingPortlandBuilding1998
Hughes, Dr. Herbert H., HouseGreshamBuilding2001
Hyland, Olive and Ellsworth, ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1980
Imperial GaragePortlandBuilding1993
Imperial HotelPortlandBuilding1985
Inman, Clarissa McKeyes, HousePortlandBuilding1990
International Harvester Company WarehousePortlandBuilding1989
Irving Street Bowman ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1990
Irvington Bowman ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2002
Irvington Historic District (Additional Documentation)PortlandDistrict2010
Irvington Tennis ClubPortlandBuilding1990
Italian Gardeners and Ranchers Association Market BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
J. K. Gill Company BuildingPortlandBuilding2021
Jacobberger, Josef, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Jacobberger, Joseph, Country HousePortlandBuilding2011
Jacobs-Wilson HousePortlandBuilding1981
James, W. Leland, HousePortlandBuilding2016
Jantzen Knitting Mills Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1991
Jeanne Manor Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1998
Jefferson SubstationPortlandBuilding1980
Jefferson SubstationPortlandBuilding1980
Jeffrey, Oliver and Margaret, HousePortlandBuilding2005
Jensen Investment Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1999
Jeppesen, Peter, HousePortlandBuilding1987
Jewish Shelter HomePortlandBuilding1984
Johnson, C. D., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Johnson, Charles E., BuildingPortlandBuilding1999
Jones Cash StorePortlandBuilding2005
Jones, Clarence H., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Jones, Dr. Noble Wiley, HousePortlandBuilding1988
Jorgensen, Victor H. and Marta, HousePortlandBuilding2008
Journal BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Juniper HousePortlandBuilding2025
Kamm, Jacob, HousePortlandBuilding1974
Keating, John A. and Hattie Mae, HousePortlandBuilding2020
Keck, H.C., House-Mt. Olivet ParsonagePortlandBuilding2002
Keller, Edward H. and Bertha R., HousePortlandBuilding2009
Kendall, Joseph, HousePortlandBuilding1979
Kennedy, John D., Elementary SchoolPortlandBuilding1995
Kenton Commercial Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2001
Kenton HotelPortlandBuilding1990
Kern, Grace, HousePortlandBuilding2008
Kerr, Albertina, NurseryPortlandBuilding1979
Kiernan HousePortlandBuilding2019
King's Hill Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1991
King, Samuel W., HousePortlandBuilding1987
Kingsley, Edward D., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Kistner, Dr. Frank B., HousePortlandBuilding1987
Kline, Moses, and Ida, HousePortlandBuilding2004
Knight, F. M., BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Kress BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Krouse, Nettie, FourplexPortlandBuilding1989
Kuehle, Henry, Investment PropertyPortlandBuilding1989
Ladd Carriage HousePortlandBuilding2010
Ladd's Addition Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1988
Landenberger, C. A., HousePortlandBuilding1988
Lane-Miles Standish Company Printing PlantPortlandBuilding2007
Lauer Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1992
Laurelhurst Historic District (Additional Documentation)PortlandDistrict2019
Laurelhurst Manor ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1996
Laurelhurst ParkPortlandSite2001
Lent, George P., Investment PropertiesPortlandBuilding1989
Leutgert, Henry C., BuildingPortlandBuilding1999
Lewis, C. Hunt and Gertrude McClintock, HousePortlandBuilding2015
Lewis, William H., Model HousePortlandBuilding1990
Lewthwaite, Alexander and Cornelia, HousePortlandBuilding2006
Liebes, H. and Company, BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Lindquist Apartment HousePortlandBuilding1993
Linnea HallPortlandBuilding1981
Lipman-Wolfe and Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1988
Livingston, C.J., HousePortlandBuilding2012
Loeb, Nathan, HousePortlandBuilding1978
Lombard Automobile BuildingsPortlandBuilding2006
Lone Fir CemeteryPortlandDistrict2007
Long, A. G., HousePortlandBuilding1993
Louise Home Hospital and Residence HallGreshamBuilding1987
Lumbermen's BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Lynch, Matthew J. and Florence, House and GardenPortlandBuilding2002
Lytle, Robert F., HousePortlandBuilding1983
MacMaster, William and Annie, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Mackenzie, Dr. K. A. J. and Cora, HousePortlandBuilding1996
Mackenzie, W. R., HousePortlandBuilding1978
Maegly, A. H., HousePortlandBuilding1981
Malarkey, Daniel J., HousePortlandBuilding1993
Malarkey, Herbert and Elizabeth, HousePortlandBuilding2005
Mallory Avenue Christian ChurchPortlandBuilding2021
Mallory HotelPortlandBuilding2006
Mangels, William F., Four-Row CarouselPortlandStructure1987
Mann, Anna Lewis, Old People's HomePortlandBuilding1992
Markle-Pittock HousePortlandBuilding1985
Marks, Morris, HousePortlandBuilding1975
Marquam ManorPortlandBuilding1993
Marshall, Dr. John D., Building (Additional Documentation)PortlandBuilding2023
Marshall-Wells Company Warehouse No. 2PortlandBuilding1989
Martin, George W. and Hannah,-John B. and Minnie Hosford HousePortlandBuilding2003
McAvinney FourplexPortlandBuilding2006
McDonald, Daniel C. and Katie A., HousePortlandBuilding2019
McDougall, Alexander D., HousePortlandBuilding1999
McDougall, Natt and Christena, HousePortlandBuilding1999
McDougall-Campbell HousePortlandBuilding2005
McGraw, Donald and Ruth, HousePortlandBuilding2001
Medical Arts BuildingPortlandBuilding1986
Meier & Frank WarehousePortlandBuilding2000
Meier and Frank BuildingPortlandBuilding1982
Meier and Frank Delivery DepotPortlandBuilding2001
Memorial ColiseumPortlandBuilding2009
Menefee, L. B., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Miller, Claude Hayes, HousePortlandBuilding1999
Miller, Elmer and Linnie, HousePortlandBuilding2020
Miller, Fred O., HousePortlandBuilding2006
Miller, Henry B., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Mills, Lewis H., HousePortlandBuilding1982
Mizpah Presbytarian Church of East PortlandPortlandBuilding1983
Mock, John, HousePortlandBuilding1980
Mohawk BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Mohle, Wilhelmina, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Monastery of the Precious BloodPortlandBuilding1985
Montgomery Ward & CompanyPortlandBuilding1985
Montgomery Ward & Company (Boundary Decrease II)PortlandBuilding2021
Morgan BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Morgan, Melinda E., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Morrison BridgePortlandStructure2012
Mount Hood Masonic TemplePortlandBuilding2008
Mount Tabor ParkPortlandDistrict2004
Mount Tabor Park Reservoirs Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2004
Mt. Olivet Baptist ChurchPortlandBuilding2022
Multnomah County CourthousePortlandBuilding1979
Multnomah County Poor FarmTroutdaleBuilding1990
Multnomah Falls Lodge and FootpathBridal VeilBuilding1981
Multnomah HotelPortlandBuilding1985
Multnomah SchoolPortlandBuilding2020
Munsell, William O., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Murphy, Paul C., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Murphy, Paul F., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Neighborhood HousePortlandBuilding1979
Neighbors of Woodcraft BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Nelson, Otto W. and Ida L., HousePortlandBuilding2001
Neuberger, Isaac, HousePortlandBuilding1990
New Fliedner BuildingPortlandBuilding2020
New Heathman HotelPortlandBuilding1984
New Houston HotelPortlandBuilding1991
New Imperial HotelPortlandBuilding2003
New Logus BlockPortlandBuilding1980
Nicholas-Lang HousePortlandBuilding1979
Nichols, Dr. A. S., HousePortlandBuilding1992
Nichols, Dr. Herbert S., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Nicolai, Harry T., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Nicolai-Cake-Olson HousePortlandBuilding2001
Normandale FieldPortlandSite2024
North Bank Depot BuildingsPortlandBuilding1996
Northwest Fence and Wire WorksPortlandBuilding2005
Northwestern Electric Company-Alberta SubstationPortlandBuilding1998
Northwestern National Bank BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
O'Donnell, E. J., HousePortlandBuilding1994
O.K. Jeffery Aircraft FactoryPortlandBuilding2021
Odd Fellows BuildingPortlandBuilding1980
Olds, Wortman and King Department StorePortlandBuilding1991
Olsen and Weygandt BuildingPortlandBuilding1993
Olson, August, HousePortlandBuilding1996
Olson, Charles and Fae, HouseGreshamBuilding2007
Olympic Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1997
Olympic Cereal MillPortlandBuilding1989
Oregon Cracker Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1979
Oregon Portland Cement BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Oregon State Bank BuildingPortlandBuilding2000
Oriental ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1992
Ormonde Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1987
Osborn HotelPortlandBuilding1980
Otis Elevator Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1988
Ott, David and Marianne, HouseGreshamBuilding2015
PORTLAND (Steam Tug)PortlandSite1997
PT-658 (motor torpedo boat)PortlandObject2012
Pacific BuildingPortlandBuilding1992
Pacific Coast Biscuit Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1998
Pacific Hardware and Steel Company WarehousePortlandBuilding2008
Packard Service BuildingPortlandBuilding1994
Page and Son ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1989
Palestine LodgePortlandBuilding2005
Pallay ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2021
Pallay BuildingPortlandBuilding1985
Palmer, John, HousePortlandBuilding1978
Paramount TheatrePortlandBuilding1976
Parelius, Martin, FourplexPortlandBuilding1989
Parker, J. J. and Hazel, HousePortlandBuilding2023
Parkview ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1992
Paterson, Thomas M. and Alla M., HousePortlandBuilding1998
Patton HomePortlandBuilding2021
Peacock Lane Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2017
Pearson MortuaryPortlandBuilding2007
Peck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company BuildingPortlandBuilding2003
Pepper, Jim, HousePortlandBuilding2023
Peterson, J.H., Machine ShopPortlandBuilding2002
Pfunder, Louis, HousePortlandBuilding2005
Phoenix PharmacyPortlandBuilding2022
Piggott, Charles, HousePortlandBuilding1979
Pioneer Courthouse NHLPortlandBuilding1973
Piper, Charles, BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Pipes Family HousePortlandBuilding2005
Pipes, George, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Pipes, Martin Luther, HousePortlandBuilding1987
Pittock BlockPortlandBuilding1987
Pittock MansionPortlandBuilding1974
Polhemus, James S., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Poole, Otho, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Portland Art MuseumPortlandBuilding1974
Portland Buddhist ChurchPortlandBuilding2004
Portland City HallPortlandBuilding1974
Portland Cordage Company BuildingPortlandBuilding1993
Portland Fire Station No. 17PortlandBuilding1987
Portland Fire Station No. 23PortlandBuilding1989
Portland Fire Station No. 7PortlandBuilding1989
Portland Garden ClubPortlandBuilding2005
Portland New Chinatown-Japantown Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1989
Portland Police BlockPortlandBuilding1985
Portland Police Block (Boundary Decrease)PortlandBuilding2020
Portland Public Service BuildingPortlandBuilding2011
Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and ClubhousePortlandBuilding2002
Portland Sanitarium Nurses' QuartersPortlandBuilding2017
Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District NHLPortlandDistrict1975
Portland Thirteenth Avenue Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1987
Portland Van and Storage BuildingPortlandBuilding1996
Portland Yamhill Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1976
Portland Zoo Railway Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2020
Posey, John V. G., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Postal BuildingPortlandBuilding1978
Postal Employees Credit UnionPortlandBuilding2020
Poulsen, Johan, HousePortlandBuilding1977
Povey, John E. G., HousePortlandBuilding1998
Powers, Ira F., BuildingPortlandBuilding1985
Powers, Ira F., Warehouse and FactoryPortlandBuilding2011
Prager-Lombard HousePortlandBuilding1991
Price, O. L., HousePortlandBuilding1988
Prince, Thomas, HousePortlandBuilding1986
Public Service Building and GaragePortlandBuilding1996
Raabe, Capt. George, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Rae Selling Berry Garden and HousePortlandSite2002
Railway Exchange Building and Huber's RestaurantPortlandBuilding1979
Raymond, Jessie M., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Reed, Rosamond Coursen and Walter R., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Reed, Samuel G., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Reed-Wells HousePortlandBuilding2004
Regent ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1991
Reinhart, Jacques and Amelia, HousePortlandBuilding1985
Rex Arms ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2024
Ricen, Dr. Leo, HousePortlandBuilding1992
Rinehart BuildingPortlandBuilding2013
Rockey, Dr. A. E. and Phila Jane, HousePortlandBuilding1985
Rocky Butte Scenic Drive Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1991
Roome-Stearns HousePortlandBuilding1992
Roosevelt HotelPortlandBuilding1998
Rose City Electric Automobile GaragePortlandBuilding1996
Rose City Golf ClubhousePortlandBuilding2012
Rosenberg, Dr. J. J., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Rosenfeld, Dr. James, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Ruby, Alfred C. and Nettie, HousePortlandBuilding2006
Rutherford HousePortlandBuilding2015
Salerno ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1994
Salmon, W. S., HousePortlandBuilding1994
San Farlando ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1997
Santa Barbara ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1989
Schnabel, Charles J. and Elsa, HousePortlandBuilding1987
Scott, Leslie M., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Seitz, Maurice, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Selling BuildingPortlandBuilding1991
Sellwood Branch YMCAPortlandBuilding2006
Senate Court ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1997
Sengstake BuildingPortlandBuilding2012
Sensel, Henry, BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Seufert HousePortlandBuilding2006
Seven Hundred Five Davis Street ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1980
Seward HotelPortlandBuilding1985
Sheffield, John and Sarah, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Sherlock BuildingPortlandBuilding1977
Shogren, Fred A., May, and Ann, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Sigglin, Charles O., FlatsPortlandBuilding2019
Smith, Alfred H. and Mary E., HousePortlandBuilding2007
Smith, Blaine, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Smith, Mary J. G., HousePortlandBuilding1981
Smith, Milton W., HousePortlandBuilding1980
Smith, Percy A., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Smith, Stanley C. E., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Smith, Walter V., HousePortlandBuilding1993
Smithson and McKay Brothers BlocksPortlandBuilding1979
South Park BlocksPortlandDistrict2022
South Portland Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1998
Sovereign HotelPortlandBuilding1981
Spalding BuildingPortlandBuilding1982
Spencer, Arthur Champlin, and Margaret Fenton Spencer HousePortlandBuilding1999
Spies-Robinson HousePortlandBuilding1997
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railroad WarehousePortlandBuilding1996
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Steam LocomotivePortlandStructure2006
Sprague-Marshall-Bowie HousePortlandBuilding1980
Springdale SchoolCorbettBuilding2011
Sprouse, John A., Jr., HousePortlandBuilding1991
St. James Lutheran ChurchPortlandBuilding1975
St. John's Episcopal ChurchPortlandBuilding1974
St. Johns Signal Tower Gas StationPortlandBuilding2003
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church and RectoryPortlandBuilding1974
Stephens, James B., HousePortlandBuilding1997
Stettler, Frank C., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Stevens BuildingPortlandBuilding1998
Stokes, Francis Marion, FourplexPortlandBuilding1996
Stratton-Cornelius HousePortlandBuilding1978
Strong, Alice Henderson, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Sunken Village Archeological Site (35MU4) NHLPortlandSite1989
Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant ChurchPortlandBuilding1982
Sweeney, Straub and Dimm Printing PlantPortlandBuilding2004
Swetland BuildingPortlandBuilding2007
Swigert, Ernest G., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Tanner, Albert H., HousePortlandBuilding1983
Tannler-Armstrong HousePortlandBuilding2002
Tarpley, Louis and Bessie, HousePortlandBuilding2007
Taylor, Fred E., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Taylor, Peter, House and Haehlen, Gotlieb, HousePortlandBuilding1984
Telegram BuildingPortlandBuilding1994
Temple Beth IsraelPortlandBuilding1979
Terminal Sales BuildingPortlandBuilding1991
Terwilliger ParkwayPortlandDistrict2021
Thompson Court ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1997
Tichner, Abraham, HousePortlandBuilding2000
Torgler, Frederick, BuildingPortlandBuilding1999
Town Club, ThePortlandBuilding1987
Trenkmann HousesPortlandBuilding1978
Trevett-Nunn HousePortlandBuilding1980
Trinity Place ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1990
Troutdale Methodist Episcopal ChurchTroutdaleBuilding1993
Troy Laundry BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Tudor Arms ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1994
Tunturi, Fred, HousePortlandBuilding1996
Turner, Frederick, FourplexPortlandBuilding1992
U.S. CourthousePortlandBuilding1979
U.S. CustomhousePortlandBuilding1974
U.S. Post OfficePortlandBuilding1979
US National Bank BuildingPortlandBuilding1986
US Post Office-St. John's StationPortlandBuilding1985
USS BLUEBACK (submarine)PortlandStructure2008
USS LCI-713 (Landing Craft)PortlandStructure2007
Union StationPortlandBuilding1975
University ClubPortlandBuilding1979
Van Vleet, Lewis and Elizabeth, HousePortlandBuilding2001
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist ChurchPortlandBuilding2016
Vetter, Herman, HousePortlandBuilding1992
View Point InnCorbettBuilding1985
Villa St. Clara ApartmentsPortlandBuilding2000
Villa St. RosePortlandBuilding2000
Visitors Information CenterPortlandBuilding2010
Vista Avenue ViaductPortlandStructure1984
Vista HouseCrown PointBuilding1974
Waldo BlockPortlandBuilding1982
Wallace, John M., FourplexPortlandBuilding1989
Warren, Frank M., HousePortlandBuilding1989
Washington High SchoolPortlandBuilding2015
Washington Park Reservoirs Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2004
Watzek, Aubrey R., House NHLPortlandBuilding1974
Webb, Alfred, Investment PropertiesPortlandBuilding1989
Weinhard Brewery ComplexPortlandBuilding2000
Weist ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1990
Wells Fargo BuildingPortlandBuilding1986
Wells, William Bittle, HousePortlandBuilding1989
Wells-Guthrie HousePortlandBuilding1990
West Coast Woods Model HomePortlandBuilding2002
West HallPortlandBuilding1977
West's BlockPortlandBuilding1980
West, Nathaniel, BuildingsPortlandBuilding1984
Wheeldon AnnexPortlandBuilding2020
Wheeldon Apartment BuildingPortlandBuilding1990
Wheeler, Cora Bryant, HousePortlandBuilding1990
Wheeler, James E., HousePortlandBuilding1990
Whidden-Kerr House and GardenPortlandBuilding1988
White, Catherine, HousePortlandBuilding1983
White, Isam, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Whitney and Gray Building and Jake's Famous Crawfish RestaurantPortlandBuilding1983
Wickersham ApartmentsPortlandBuilding1983
Wilcox BuildingPortlandBuilding1989
Wilcox, Theodore B., Country EstatePortlandBuilding1993
Williams Avenue YWCAPortlandBuilding2020
Williams, George H., TownhousesPortlandBuilding1984
Wilson-Chambers MortuaryPortlandBuilding2007
Wilson-South HousePortlandBuilding1999
Woerner, Louis and Elizabeth, HousePortlandBuilding2005
Woodlark BuildingPortlandBuilding2014
Wortman, H. C., HousePortlandBuilding1988
Yale Union Laundry BuildingPortlandBuilding2007
Yeon BuildingPortlandBuilding1994
Yeon, John, Speculative HousePortlandBuilding2007
Young, John Eben, HousePortlandBuilding1988
Zimmerman, Jacob, HouseGreshamBuilding1986
Zimmerman, Walter S., HousePortlandBuilding1991
Zimmerman-Rudeen HousePortlandBuilding1991
Zion Lutheran ChurchPortlandBuilding1996

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Multnomah was formed in 1854 (1854-12-22) from Clackamas, Washington.

MULTNOMAH created by Oregon Territory from CLACKAMAS and WASHINGTON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Multnomah County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

815k410k4,1501860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,15025,203103,167275,898355,099471,537522,813562,640660,486815,428

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Fort Vancouver National Historic SitePark unit18.9 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

28 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 28 of 28 listed
NameLatLon
Ahavai Sholom Cemetery45.45691-122.67952
Beth Israel Cemetery45.46219-122.68371
Brainerd Cemetery45.52607-122.57177
Columbia Masonic Cemetery45.559-122.56147
Douglas Cemetery45.5315-122.3898
Escobar Cemetery45.49599-122.43409
Forest Lawn Memorial Park45.49469-122.43294
Gatton Cemetery45.61329-122.76256
Greenwood Hill Cemetery45.46043-122.68019
Gresham Pioneer Cemetery45.49636-122.4341
Historic Columbian Cemetery45.58529-122.67824
Jones Cemetery45.50741-122.73402
Keser Israel and Shaarie Torah Cemetery45.46547-122.59559
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery45.46123-122.55091
Lone Fir Cemetery45.51817-122.64203
Moar Cemetery45.67483-122.85537
Mount Calvary Cemetery45.51884-122.73609
Mountain View Cemetery45.51869-122.29727
Mountain View Cemetery45.51928-122.39424
Multnomah Park Cemetery45.48938-122.58021
Pleasant Home Cemetery45.46321-122.33721
Pounder Cemetery45.52597-122.27817
Powell Grove Cemetery45.55679-122.53689
Riverview Cemetery45.46175-122.67355
Rose City Cemetery45.54984-122.60897
Saint Joseph Cemetery45.49487-122.46179
Skyline Memorial Gardens45.55261-122.77897
Willamette National Cemetery45.46206-122.54231
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Bertha45.47762-122.69815
Fulton45.47067-122.67176
Plainview45.60595-122.87482
Riverview45.664-122.82066
South Portland45.48762-122.6826
Vanport City45.60206-122.7001

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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