The Oregonian Building

The Oregonian Building
The Oregonian Building circa 1912
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Primarily office
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival[1]
Location	135 SW 6th St. (old system) 537 SW 6th Ave. (new system)
Town or city	Portland, Oregon
Country	United States
Coordinates	45°31′12″N 122°40′42″W / 45.519992°N 122.678415°W / 45.519992; -122.678415
Opened	1892
Demolished	1950
Cost	$690,000[1] (equivalent to $23.4 million in 2023[2])
Owner	The Oregonian Publishing Company
Height	194 feet (59 m)
Technical details
Material	Brick over steel frame
Floor count	13 (9 in main portion)
Floor area	Approx. 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2)
Lifts/elevators	2
Design and construction
Architect(s)	James W. Reid and Merritt J. Reid
Architecture firm	Reid Brothers

The Oregonian Building was a building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, which served as the headquarters of Portland's major newspaper, The Oregonian, from 1892 to 1948. It was the first steel-framed building constructed in the Western U.S.,^[3] and from its opening until 1911 it was the tallest building in Portland.^[4] In addition to the newspaper's offices and printing press, in 1922 the building became the home of Portland's first commercial radio station, KGW, which was owned by the Oregonian Publishing Company. A second radio station, KEX, was acquired by the paper in 1933, and joined KGW in new, shared studios in the Oregonian Building. A fire in 1943 forced the radio stations to relocate. The company sold the building in December 1947 as it prepared for a move to a larger building. In June 1948, the newspaper moved to a new building on Southwest Broadway, also called the Oregonian Building. The 1892 building with the landmark clock tower then stood vacant for about two years until it was demolished, in 1950.