Yale Union Laundry Building | |
 The building's exterior in 2009 | |
  Location in Portland, Oregon  Yale Union Laundry Building (Oregon)  Yale Union Laundry Building (the United States) | |
| Location | 800 SE 10th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°31′01″N 122°39′20″W / 45.516839°N 122.655463°W |
| Area | 0.43 acres (0.17 ha) (lot size)[1] |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architectural style | Italian Revival and Egyptian Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000759 |
| Added to NRHP | July 19, 2007 |
The Yale Union Laundry Building, also known as the Yale Laundry Building, the City Linen Supply Co. Building, Perfect Fit Manufacturing and simply Yale Union (YU), in southeast Portland, Oregon, is a two-story commercial structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built largely of brick in 1908, and embellished with Italian Revival and Egyptian Revival decorations, it was added to the register in 2007.[2] Two-story additions in 1927 and 1929 changed the original building into an L-shaped structure that shares a party wall with a building to the east.[1]
Preservation of elements of Portland's industrial laundry era, and its relation to the women's labor movement and the rise of the middle class in the United States, are factors in the building's listing on the National Register.[3] Built and first operated by businessman Charles F. Brown, the building was bought in 1927 by Home Services Company, a power-laundry consortium. American Linen Supply and then Perfect Fit Manufacturing, a maker of automotive fabrics, used the building after Home Services sold it in 1950. Acquired by Alter LLC in 2008, the building is home to Yale Union (YU), a contemporary arts center.[4]
- ^ a b Fitzgerald, Kimberli (May 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Yale Union Laundry Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 25, 2016.
- ^ "Yale Union Laundry Building". Oregon Historic Sites Database. State of Oregon. June 6, 2011. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
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YUwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gragg, Randy (December 2010). "Room with a View". Portland Monthly. Sage City Media. pp. 1–3. ISSN 1546-2765. Archived from the original on November 3, 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2011.