Blagen Block

Blagen Block
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
The building's exterior, 2007
Location	30–34 NW First Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′25.2″N 122°40′15.8″W
Built	1888 (1888)
Architect	Warren H. Williams
Architectural style	originally Italianate
Part of	Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District (ID75001597)
Designated CP	December 5, 1975

The Blagen Block is an historic building in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. The four-story building was designed by Warren H. Williams and completed in 1888. In 1970, the city's Historic Landmarks Commission designated the Blagen Block as a Portland Historic Landmark.[2] In 1975, it was listed as a primary landmark in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination of the Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District, the building's designation subsequently translated to "contributing property" under post-1970s NRHP terminology.[2] Since 2014, Airbnb has had offices in the building,[3] opening its office in December of that year.[4]

References

1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014), Historic Landmarks – Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved December 4, 2017.
2. Portland Bureau of Planning (October 6, 2008). "Revised Documenation, National Historic Landmark Nomination: Skidmore/Old Town Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. pp. 15, 17. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
3. Njus, Elliot (March 14, 2014). "Airbnb's Old Town Chinatown site an unexpected fit for operational headquarters". OregonLive.com.
4. "Airbnb opens new headquarters in Portland". KOIN. December 11, 2014. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016.

External links

• Media related to Blagen Block at Wikimedia Commons