The Dekum Building and flooded intersection of SW 3rd Avenue and SW Washington Street, 1894.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2004-002.704
SW 3rd Avenue, 1894
Vintage Portland
The Dekum Building and flooded intersection of SW 3rd Avenue and SW Washington Street, 1894.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, A2004-002.704
Vintage Portland 
Recent street view from November 2015:
https://goo.gl/maps/gpwX4xbJHjT2
An amazing building. Great to see it survive.
From OffbeatOregon.com, here is an image of the same intersection looking North. Note the former church turned into a cigar shop. I wonder if the owner’s last name was “Rich?”
The full article is here:
http://offbeatoregon.com/H015_1894floods.htm
Timechanges, It IS an amazing building. I wish the adjacent Washington Building had also survived.
Correction: that should have been the Washington Block. I had only ever seen an etching of the full building from West Shore Magazine and peripheral glimpses in photos of surrounding buildings.
But joy of joys, an image search today revealed an honest to goodness photo of the building in all its magnificence.
It’s great to have this restoration of one of our purest Richardson Romanesque buildings, even though it got its feet wet once or twice.
Some data I looked up shows the +38′ elevation of the ’94 flood extended to 5th avenue, making it a 500 year flood event!
That’s modern pre-flood control of course.
Reblogged this on Fred Stewart for Portland City Council.
I”m assuming W.U.=Western Union.
Wish is would flood again, Kill all the rats in the Dekum basement.
Its been about 10 years, But was downright nasty down there.