Wells Fargo Building (Portland, Oregon)

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The Wells Fargo Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The large doorstep at the building's entryway required the largest slab of granite ever shipped to Portland at the time.[1] Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of Script error: No such module "convert".,[2] it was the tallest building in Portland[3][4] (and indeed in all of Oregon),Script error: No such module "Unsubst". exclusive of towers,[2] and remained so for four years. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured Script error: No such module "convert". in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.[2]

In 1946,[5] the building was purchased by the United States National Bank of Portland, whose headquarters was located in a smaller building located directly adjacent, immediately to the south. U.S. National Bank used the Wells Fargo Building to expand its downtown Portland headquarters.[6]

In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.[7]

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