The 1881 Ladd Block, on the northwest corner of SW 1st and Columbia, survived until 1965 when it was demolished almost overnight and replaced with a paved parking lot. When the Benjamin Franklin Plaza building (now Umpqua Bank Plaza) was built across SW 1st Avenue, some of the cast-iron pieces from the Ladd Block were installed on the 19th floor.
April 23, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Zoom in and note the very cool wolf heads along the cornice. The Architectural Heritage Center has one in its collection.