Events

With words, photos, drawings and maps, Northeast Portland historian Doug Decker will share the stories of builders whose work typifies the home building experience in Portland between 1912 and 1955.

An overview of the common architectural styles in the Portland area.

Join us for a talk with Portland authors Don DuPay and Theresa Griffin Kennedy. They will talk about their books and have copies available for purchase and signing. Don was a Portland Police officer from 1961-1978 and writes about his personal experiences as a street cop and served on Homicide Detail. Theresa Griffin Kennedy is and editor, journalist and writes Portland nonfiction, fiction and poetry.

If you love your original, double-hung windows, but just wish they worked better – know they can! Come learn to do-it-yourself from a local expert.

Learn about some of the oldest buildings in the city and the people who built them in this tour of Portland’s only National Historic Landmark District. The area also contains the highest concentration of cast-iron fronted buildings on the west coast and much of the iron was cast locally.

Join Volga German historian Steve Schreiber and Professor of Architecture Tom Hubka as they guide you on a 2-mile walking tour highlighting some of the remaining churches and homes that tell the story of this ethnic group.