Built in 1885 at Southwest 14th Avenue and Morrison Street, Portland High School was the city's first dedicated public high school building. It was renamed Lincoln High School in 1909, the same year that the current Jefferson High School was built. Lincoln High moved into a new building (now Lincoln Hall on the PSU campus) in 1912 and this building was torn down in 1929. (Portland Archives and Records
The Ideal Cafeteria and the Baxter Apartments were both housed in this building, which use to sit on a lot at the corner of North Interstate Street and Albina Avenue in the Albina District. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
Central School, built on the block that is now home to Pioneer Courthouse Square, was Portland's first dedicated public school building. It was built in 1858 and moved in 1883, when the block was sold for what would become the Portland Hotel. (Oregon Historical Society/7098)
Temple Beth Israel, shown here in 1904, was built in 1888 along Southwest Main Street between 12th and 13th avenues. It remained until Dec. 29, 1923, when it was destroyed in a fire. The congregation then moved to a new temple in Northwest Portland in 1928. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
The National Guard Armory was still in one piece when this photo was taken in 1953. Today, much of the section of the building closest to the camera is gone and a condo tower now sits on the site. The back section, however, remains and has been renovated. It is now home to the Gerding Theater at The Armory in the Pearl District. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
The Lincoln Electric plant (background) was still in operation along Portland's waterfront when this photo was taken in 1924. In the foreground are wooden barrels full of tar to be used in paving projects. The barrels are on a wooden dock at the foot of Southwest Jefferson Street. This area is now part of the bowl in Tom McCall Waterfront Park. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
The Portland Hotel was considered the finest hotel in the region for years. It was built on the block that had previously been occupied by Central School and which is now occupied by Pioneer Courthouse Square. After a couple of false starts, it finally opened in 1890 and was demolished in 1951 and the block was used as a parking lot until the square was built in 1984. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
From about 1926 until about 1940, Portland's airport was on Swan Island. It was considered an advanced design when built but the aviation industry was growing so fast, the city soon had to consider a new location for its airport. That's when it was moved to a location along the Columbia River. The terminal seen here survived until the 1960s. (Wikipedia)
You can argue whether this building qualifies as a "lost treasure" but it certainly stood out in the Portland skyline of 1912. The building is the Portland Gas Company complex and the street is Southwest Front Avenue. The bridge in the background is the first Burnside Bridge, which was built in 1894. Well in the background at right is the John Deere building, which was new that year. It still stands along the east.
The lost treasures in this photo aren't just the buildings (this is Southwest Front) but everything else. This 1910 photo is a glimpse into the working waterfront of Portland when horse and wagon was still a prime method of transportation. While you can't see them, the docks along the Willamette River are just out of frame to the left. These wagons would have been carrying freight either coming in or going out. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
Today, St. Vincent Hospital is in Washington County. But when this photo was taken taken in 1911, St. Vincent loomed over Northwest Portland. It was along Northwest Westover Road, between Glisan and Irving Streets. The area is now occupied by condominiums. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
The Public Market Building sat along the west bank of the Willamette River from 1933 to 1969. It was originally a public market, billed as the world's largest supermarket. It later became home to the Oregon Journal newspaper, which occupied it from the early 1940s until 1963. This area is now part of Tom McCall Waterfront Park between the Hawthorne and Morrison bridges. (Portland Archives and Records)
This formidable looking building is the Rocky Butte Jail, as seen in 1950. As the name would suggest, it was situated near Rocky Butte in Northeast Portland. The location is in the area now trapped between Interstate 84 and Interstate 205, just south of Maywood Park. The jail was torn down in the 1980s, during the construction of I-205. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
In 1902, when this photo was taken, Washington Park was still known as City Park. This building was one of the structures in the park at the time. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
This observatory was built in Portland Heights during the early 1900s, apparently part of a real-estate promotion effort. A similar observatory was later placed higher up, on Council Crest. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
One of the star attractions of the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition was the Forestry Building. It was also one of the few buildings to survive the closure of the fair. While most of the buildings were intended to be temporary, the Forestry Building was built to be permanent. But it didn't last. It was destroyed by a fire in 1964. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
This version of the Multnomah County Courthouse was built in 1864. It was on the same block as the current Multnomah County Courthouse, facing Southwest Fourth Avenue between Main and Salmon streets. It was replaced in 1910. (Portland Archives and Records Center)
Um, don't think that's correct. Guild's lake was in NW. It was filled in to make what's now the NW industrial district. barfo
