Railway Palaces of Portland, Oregon (Landmarks)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626193096 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The Robber Baron's Portland" according to The Sea Hawk. Craghead delivers an evocative, well-documented, and highly readable history of the entrepreneurs who made their fortunes with transportation monopolies and imprinted the city's collective memory with the iconic Hotel Portland and Union Station. Working from primary sources and memoirs by principals such as Henry Villar. 5 stars Great book on early Pacific Northwest. If you like this book you will also want to read the following 99-cent similar books:1. In the Beginning: Early Pioneer Days at Fort Nisqually, the Earliest Settlement in Western Washington (1905)2. Expedition to Oregon (1915 stars reader Great book on early Pacific Northwest. If you like this book you will also want to read the following 99-cent similar books:1. In the Beginning: Early Pioneer Days at Fort Nisqually, the Earliest Settlement in Western Washington (1905)2. Expedition to Oregon (1914)3. Overland to Oregon in the Tracks of Lewis and Clarke:. )3. Overland to Oregon in the Tracks of Lewis and Clarke:
“Railway Pal-aces of Portland, Oregon: The Architectur-al Legacy of Henry Villard” (The History Press, paperback, 120 pages, 85 images, $21.95) by Alexander Benjamin Craghead details that history in such buildings as the original Port-land Hotel, and Villard’s role in preserving Union Station." Pacific Northwest Rail News. "The Northern Pacific and its boom-and-bust proprietor Henry Villard were responsible for some amaz-ing architecture in the region,
Author Alexander Benjamin Craghead tells the story of this Gilded Age patron and the architecture that helped shape the city's identity.. Earning a reputation for boldness on Wall Street, the war correspondent turned entrepreneur set out to establish Portland as a bourgeoning metropolis. Despite financial panics, lost fortunes and stalled construction, the Portland Hotel opened in 1890 and remained the social heart of the city for sixty years. To realize his vision, he hired architects McKim, Mead & White to design a massive passenger station and a first-class hotel. While the original station was never built, Villard returned as a pivotal benefactor of Union Station, saving its iconic clock tower in the process. In 1883, railroad financier Henry Villard brought Portland and the Pacific No
Alexander Benjamin Craghead, MS (architecture), is a historian of design and place, and teaches at UC Berkeley.