Barber Block

The Barber Block is a building complex located at the corner of Southeast Grand and Washington Streets in Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was built in 1890 and listed on the NRHP in 1977.^[2] It is also located within the East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District.

Barber Block
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
The Barber Block in 2006
Location	532–538 SE Grand Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′08″N 122°39′37″W
Built	1890
Architect	Thomas J. Jones[2]
Architectural style	Mixed late Victorian styles, including Italianate, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, others[3]
Part of	East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District (ID91000126)
NRHP reference No.	77001109
Added to NRHP	February 15, 1977

Among the building's occupants in the 1920s was a nickelodeon theater.^[2] After the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 caused significant damage to the building's roof, its owners considering demolishing it, but decided against doing so. The ground floor spaces have been used by various types of businesses over the decades, including a furniture store, a restaurant and a bank, while the second and third floors have always been residential, mostly as apartments but for a time as a single-room occupancy residential hotel.^[2]

The building underwent a renovation in the late 1970s^[4] and another in the 2000s.^[5]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Southeast Portland, Oregon