Meier & Frank Building
Meier & Frank Building | |
Portland Historic Landmark | |
Meier & Frank Building (from Alder St.) in 2012 | |
| Location | 621 SW 5th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°31′09″N 122°40′41″W / 45.519217°N 122.677920°W |
| Built | 1909; expansions in 1915, 1932 |
| Built by | Dinwiddie Construction Company (1909 portion) |
| Architect | Doyle & Patterson, et al. |
| Architectural style | Commercial style (Chicago school) |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003744 |
| Added to NRHP | July 8, 1982 |
The Meier & Frank Building is a fifteen-story, glazed terra cotta building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, across from the northeast corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square. The building is the former flagship store and headquarters building for the Meier & Frank department store chain, which was taken over by Macy's in 2006. In 2006–2007, the building's lower five floors were remodeled as a Macy's, while the upper eleven floors were renovated in 2008 into a luxury hotel known as The Nines. Macy's closed in April 2017 and the lower levels were rebuilt as office space.
The building site is a full block, bounded by SW Fifth and Sixth Avenues and Morrison and Alder Streets. The present building was constructed in stages, starting in 1909 with major expansions occurring in 1915 and 1932. It replaced an earlier Meier and Frank store built in 1898.