Chown Electric Supply Co., located at 112 SW 2nd Avenue, circa 1969.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, 112 SW 2nd Avenue, A2011-028, circa 1969.
SW 2nd Avenue, circa 1969
Vintage Portland
Chown Electric Supply Co., located at 112 SW 2nd Avenue, circa 1969.
City of Portland Archives, Oregon, 112 SW 2nd Avenue, A2011-028, circa 1969.
Vintage Portland 
Chown has been around for 137 years
The 1889 Glisan Building. Widely stated to have been the last cast iron storefront building constructed in Portland.
Kells.
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Is that a “stepford wife” in the window?
I started renting a house from the Chown’s in 1970 at 310 NW 17th
Frank and Eleanor Chown were very down to earth people. Too bad I lost touch when I moved. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50003529
I thought that building looked familiar; I have eaten there many times in the last 25 years.
that is a beautiful cast iron building ! kells pub !!