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Thomas Graham Building

Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Thomas Graham Building
designated_other1_name	Portland Historic Landmark
designated_other1_color	lightgreen
image	Thomas Graham Building in Portland.jpg
caption	Thomas Graham Building in 2011
location	6031 SE Stark Street
Portland, Oregon
coordinates
locmapin	USA Portland#Oregon#USA#USA Oregon
map_caption	Location of the Graham Building in Portland
map_alt	Locator map
built	1910
architecture	Vernacular commercial
added	March 5, 1992
refnum	92000134

Portland, Oregon

The Thomas Graham Building, 6031 Southeast Stark Street, Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon, is a two-story commercial building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1910, it was added to the register in 1992.

The wood-frame structure, supported by a concrete foundation and including a full basement, houses a business on the first floor and a domestic apartment on the second floor. Architectural features include a recessed storefront facing a colonnade of fluted wood columns, a double-leaf front door, and plate-glass display windows. Constructed by George Foreman for druggist Thomas Graham, the building preserves a form of commercial architecture typical of the city's neighborhood business districts around 1900. The building was named a Portland Historic Landmark in 1981.

Graham, who operated a drugstore in the building for many years, was born in Ontario, Canada, and moved to Portland in 1891. At that time, the Mount Tabor neighborhood, where the building is located, was slowly changing from rural to residential. Minor commercial hubs in the vicinity generally featured small wooden buildings with recessed storefronts facing streetcar lines. The Graham Building is one of only four such buildings that remain intact in central southeast Portland. The building is currently occupied by Bellwether Bar, a neighborhood bar.

References

Portland Historic Landmarks Commission. (July 2010). "Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon".
(June 6, 2011). "Oregon National Register List". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.
"Graham, Thomas, Building". State of Oregon.
(January 10, 1992). ["National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Graham, Thomas, Building"]({{NRHP url). National Park Service.

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