Multnomah County Courthouse

Not to be confused with Multnomah County Central Courthouse.
Multnomah County Courthouse
Seen from the northeast in 2006, showing the building's 4th Avenue (left) and Salmon Street sides
Map
General information
StatusClosed as a courthouse, awaiting repurposing
Architectural styleNeoclassical
Location1021 SW 4th Ave., Portland, Oregon, USA
Cost$1.6 million
OwnerNBP Capital (since November 2018)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Whidden & Lewis
Multnomah County Courthouse
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
Coordinates45°30′59″N 122°40′42″W / 45.516328°N 122.678319°W / 45.516328; -122.678319
Built1911/1914
Visitation3000/day[2] (2011)
NRHP reference No.79002136
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1979[3]
The building's 5th Avenue side, on the Portland Transit Mall

The Multnomah County Courthouse is a historic building that served as the courthouse for Multnomah County, Oregon from 1911 to 2020. It is located in downtown, Portland, Oregon, the county seat, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Due to concerns over the structural deficiency of the then-century-old building, which was determined to need a costly seismic retrofit, the county board of commissioners decided in 2013 to launch plans to construct a new courthouse in a different location, to replace the existing building. Construction began in October 2016.[4] The old courthouse closed on September 29, 2020, and the new courthouse opened on October 5.[5] The old building was sold in 2018 to NBP Capital,[6] which plans to convert it into a mixed-use development after making a seismic retrofit.[5]

  1. ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
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  3. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
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  5. ^ a b Green, Aimee (October 4, 2020). "After decades of trying, Multnomah County opens a $324 million new, spacious, seismically safer courthouse". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  6. ^ Bell, Jon (December 7, 2018). "Multnomah County seals the deal on downtown courthouse sale". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-10-10.