Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse
Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse | |
Portland Historic Landmark[1] | |
![]() The former PRL&P Sellwood clubhouse in 2016 | |
Location | 8825 SE 11th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
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Coordinates | 45°27′32″N 122°39′19″W / 45.458909°N 122.655321°W |
Area | 7,914-square-foot (735.2 m2) interior on a 0.4-acre (0.16 ha) lot |
Built | 1910 |
Architectural style | Industrial |
NRHP reference No. | 02000670 |
Added to NRHP | June 20, 2002 |
The Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse, also known as Carmen's Clubhouse, in southeast
Employees of PRL&P's transit division often worked 365 days a year and were expected to perform a variety of tasks including selling tickets, collecting fares, operating and cleaning streetcars, and writing reports. The clubhouse offered a few amenities for these workers. Although the first floor of the two-story building was used mainly for the
History
The
Sellwood, originally an independent city, became part of Portland in 1893. As population increased on the east bank, the line's ridership rose, peaking around 1915 when the Sellwood Division maintained 110 city cars and 30 interurban cars. By 1926, these numbers had dropped to 70 and 22, as economic conditions and commuter habits changed in the age of the automobile and bus. The trainmen's clubhouse closed in 1938; the last trolley ran in 1958. Although similar complexes were built for the Ankeny, Piedmont, and Savier divisions of the street railway system,[2] the Sellwood Division buildings and one building of the former Ankeny carbarn complex are the only surviving remnants of the eight carbarns that once served the Portland area's past electric railway system.[3]
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In 1939, the United States Forest Service took over the building for use by the Civilian Conservation Corps and bought the clubhouse and the car barns three years later. Through 1984 it used the clubhouse for storage and as a forest pest research center. After vacating the building, the Forest Service used the adjacent property and outbuildings for storage through 1993, selling everything (with a protective historic-resource covenant for the clubhouse) to private owners in 1996.[2] Vacant until 2002, the building was restored, added to the NRHP, and turned into the home of the Dunthorpe Marketing Group.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved August 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c d e Dodds, Linda; Dodds, Gordon (June 1, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Portland Railway, Light and Power Sellwood Division Carbarn Office and Clubhouse" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ Alfred M. Staehli (March 2, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Bay E, West Ankeny Car Barns" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ "Building History". Dunthorpe Marketing Group. 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
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