Blagen Block

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]

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