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AKA: Oregon State Capitol Project, Salem, OR; Oregon State Capitol Competition, Salem, OR
Structure Type: built works - public buildings - capitols
Designers: Keally, Francis, Architect (firm); Trowbridge and Livingston, Architects (firm); Francis Keally (architect); Goodhue Livingston Sr. (architect); Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge (architect)
Dates: constructed 1936-1938
4 stories, total floor area: 131,750 sq. ft.
Building History
On two occasions, the Oregon State Capitol Mall suffered serious fires, one in 1855, the other in 1935. A design competition followed the 1935 fire, attracting 123 entries, and was won by Trowbridge and Livingston and Francis Keally, Associated Architects, New York, NY; California entrants included the San Francisco firms Miller and Pflueger and Arthur Brown, Jr.
Construction of the State Capitol #3 began on 12/04/1936 and was completed on 10/01/1938.
PCAD id: 1075
