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Oregon Historical Society Hosts Chinese American Exhibition

Monday, February 08, 2016

 

The Oregon Historical Society will host an exhibit on Chinese American exclusion and inclusion  through June 1.

The exhibit, which explores  America's desire for trade with China, is on loan from the New-York Historical Society. This exhibition will make its only appearance on the West Coast at OHS before being sent to China for display. 

"After seeing this exhibit in person at the New-York Historical Society, I knew that it would be well received in Portland," said OHS Executive Director Kerry Tymchuk. "It is a world-class display, and tells an important history that is so relevant amidst the current conversations over immigration in our country." 

In conjunction, the Oregon Historical Society's museum will also open a second exhibition on February 29 entitled Beyond the Gate: A Tale of Portland's Historic Chinatowns. This original exhibit tells the hundred year history of Portland's Old Chinatown (1850-1905) and New Chinatown (1905-1950). Unbeknownst to many Oregonians, Portland in fact was home to the second largest Chinatown in the nation in 1900. 

The Oregon Historical Society's museum is open seven days a week, Monday -- Saturday from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday from 1 2PM 5 PM. Admission is $11, and discounts are available for students, seniors, and youth. OHS members and Multnomah County residents receive free admission every day. 

For more information, visit the Oregon Historical Society website.

 

Related Slideshow: Historic Places in Portland

These three Portland places are among the latest entries in the National Register of Historic Places. Learn about them here. 

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The Heathman Hotel

The Heathman Hotel was constructed in 1926 in downtown Portland for hotelier George Heathman. The eleven-story hotel is located at the north end of the South Park Blocks and was joined by the New Heathman Hotel in 1927. 

The hotel was designed by Portland architecture firm Claussen and Claussen and is clad in tapestry brick, finished in terra cotta trim. The two Heathman Hotels were among 184 new buildings, 38 of which were hotels, constructed in downtown Portland between 1915 and 1931. Today less than half of the 184 buildings remain. 

The hotel was closed in the 1980's for building code violations and was then sold and modernized as affordable housing. 

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The Hanthorn Apartments

The Hanthorn Apartments were constructed in 1910 in downtown Portland. The six-story building represents one of a collection of 'modern' apartment and office buildings that redefined downtown Portland in the construction boom following Portland's 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition.  

The Hanthorn Apartments were also closed for building code violations in the 1980s and were then sold and modernized as affordable housing.


 

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The Honeyman House

The Honeyman House was designed by Portland architect David C. Lewis and constructed on Northwest Cornell Road, west of downtown Portland, in 1911. Walter Honeyman was a member of the second generation of the Honeyman family of Honeyman Hardware Company. 

Architect David C. Lewis studied architecture in New York and Paris and is best known for his foreign exhibits building for Portland's 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and the Oregon State building for Seattle's 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. He was admired in architectural circles for his 1907 Board of Trade Building in Portland. The Honeyman residence was published in Pacific Coast Architect in 1913. 

 

 
 

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