Events

Explore a section of the historic Irvington neighborhood where the streetcar used to run every 5 minutes.

Learn about the amazing residential architecture of one of Portland's most notable architects in this image-filled presentation

Take a walk with the honorable mayor of Oregon City and explore the historic downtown.  On this walk you’ll see views of the Willamette River from the City Elevator and the beautiful arch bridge. Sturdy shoes and sun protection strongly suggested.

Join Alameda neighborhood historian Doug Decker for a history walk that explores the connections between past and present that shape the Alameda neighborhood we know today. This stroll will cover just over a mile with multiple stops focusing on pre-development conditions, planning and construction of the neighborhood, the Broadway Streetcar, architectural house styles, and stories of local interest. Most of this walk is on flat terrain other than a gradual stretch that ascends the Alameda Ridge.

Take a walk through a stunning neighborhood on the west side of Mt. Tabor Park.

Walking tour of the South Portland Urban Renewal Area and the Halprin Open Space Sequence blocks.

Join urban designer and artist Jim Richards, who has traveled with his sketchbook across the globe, from the savannahs of Kenya to the Central Highlands of Vietnam, from the Hemingway haunts of Key West to the customs interrogation room of the Havana airport. His new book TRAVEL ARTIST shares his transformational experience of international travel, and the added richness and creative rush that closer observation and on-location sketching brings to it. The book is a must-have for creatives, for urban sketchers, and for anyone with an explorer’s heart and a creative itch. Broadway Books will bring books to the event for Jim to sign, and we strongly recommend pre-ordering the book from them to make sure you get a copy: https://broadwaybooks.net/book/9781961856547

Explore the tree-lined streets and beautiful early 20th century architecture of this uniquely planned neighborhood.

Visual Storyteller & Author Don Nelson will be presenting this program of funeral homes of Portland, Oregon from the past into the present day. Many were built into established buildings, while others were erected specifically for their businesses by known architects.

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.

Take a walk through the oldest portion of this historic neighborhood and learn how it has been affected by more than a century of change.

Come explore the layers of history in the Vernon neighborhood, from development of Alberta Park, to the fall and rise of neighborhood schools, to patterns of redlining from the 1930s-1950s, the presence of a dairy, a much-loved old synagogue, a popular streetcar and a street full of small businesses. Neighborhood historian Doug Decker walks the group back in time to understand the how legacies of the past have shaped the neighborhood of today.

Explore this former industrial area that has been transformed into one of Portland's most popular commercial and residential neighborhoods.

Explore this gem of a residential neighborhood tucked in between Sellwood, Milwaukie, and the Waverley Country Club.

Local historian Richard Thompson celebrates the lost trolleys that once plied Oregon's small-town streets. Learn of the devastating 1922 fire that scorched Astoria's plank road railways and put a halt to its once-thriving streetcar network. Hear about a beloved white horse named Old Charlie who proved more reliable at pulling Albany's first streetcars than a steam locomotive. Smile at the spectacle of university students being carted back to their dormitories on the Eugene Street Railway’s midnight "drunk express.” Take pride in the tiny town of Cherry Grove, which became the first in the West to embrace new battery technology.

Stroll through Portland's Oldest Suburb and experience a variety of architecture styles constructed over the last 150 years from a long time resident and architectural Historian.

Explore some of the commercial and residential sections of this former streetcar suburb.

Explore the History of Portland's 19th Century Hawthorne Asylum & Lone Fir Cemetery through historic images and stories. Lone Fir Cemetery's history and future will discussed.
Presentation by Norm Gholston

Stroll through one of the oldest eastside residential neighborhoods while learning about house types common to late 19th - early 20th century Portland.

Explore one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, situated on the edge of downtown.

Stroll through historic Irvington, where you'll see fine examples of the work of several important early-20th century architects who helped shape the neighborhood.

Take a stroll through this grand residential neighborhood and learn how it was heavily impacted by nearby development.

Walking tour of the South Portland Urban Renewal Area and the Halprin Open Space Sequence blocks.

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.

Explore the area in and around the Yamhill Historic District with its impressive variety of architecture and fascinating history as home to Portland's first Chinatown.

Explore the landmarks and lesser-known architectural gems in the center of downtown.

See a variety of buildings types and styles in this one-time streetcar suburb on the east side of Mt. Tabor.

Explore the beautiful hillside neighborhood near the entrance to Washington Park and Vista Avenue.

Join Dr Tanya March & Norm Gholston AHC Programs Manager for a presentation of the history of Lloyd Center Mall & the history of ice skating in Portland.

Explore a section of the historic Irvington neighborhood where the streetcar used to run every 5 minutes.

Explore the tree-lined streets and beautiful early 20th century architecture of this uniquely planned neighborhood.

Explore this beautiful-but-hilly Northwest Portland neighborhood on the edge of Forest Park.

Explore some of the commercial and residential sections of this former streetcar suburb.

Take a walk through the oldest portion of this historic neighborhood and learn how it has been affected by more than a century of change.

Stroll through the beautiful trees in some of the city's oldest parkland, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, all while learning about the rich architectural heritage of the neighborhood.

One of Northeast Portland’s signature planned neighborhoods, Beaumont—“the beautiful mountain”—was platted in 1910, had its own named school, business district and streetcar route, and was home to one of Portland’s wealthiest and most powerful families that built a compound for its seven children. Join neighborhood historian Doug Decker for a walk along Alameda Ridge that ties these stories together and explores 116 years of neighborhood development.

Explore historic and first City Park. Learn the history and visit some well known and not so well known parts of the park. Some up hill walking required to the the International Rose Test Gardens.

Stroll along the tree-lined streets of one of Portland's most beautiful residential neighborhoods, recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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.

Explore the tree-lined streets and beautiful early 20th century architecture of this uniquely planned neighborhood.

Learn about Portland's New Chinatown, Japantown, and a wealth of historic architecture including the landmark Union Station.

Learn about the history and culture of this district while viewing masterworks from some of the city's most notable 19th and 20th century architects.

Stroll through this fantastic North Portland neighborhood first developed by William Killingsworth in the early 20th century.

Walking tour of the South Portland Urban Renewal Area and the Halprin Open Space Sequence blocks.

There are more than 80,000 homes in Portland that pre-date WWII.  The Renovation and Reuse Fair provides helpful information and resources to people renovating these older homes and introduces them to the programs of the non-profit Architectural Heritage Center (AHC).  In past years, over 800 people attended and this year is expected to be even bigger and better.

Explore this mid-century suburban style development near Reed College.

Take a walk through a stunning neighborhood on the west side of Mt. Tabor Park.

Stroll through the beautiful trees in some of the city's oldest parkland, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, all while learning about the rich architectural heritage of the neighborhood.

Explore some of the commercial and residential sections of this former streetcar suburb.

Explore 70 years of architectural controversy and acclaim in downtown Portland.

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.

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.

See a variety of buildings types and styles in this one-time streetcar suburb on the east side of Mt. Tabor.

Explore the tree-lined streets and beautiful early 20th century architecture of this uniquely planned neighborhood.

Take a walk through a stunning neighborhood on the west side of Mt. Tabor Park.

Explore one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, situated on the edge of downtown.

Explore some of the commercial and residential sections of this former streetcar suburb.

A walking tour of Native American public art in downtown Portland will go from a Rick Bartow statue near Pioneer Courthouse to the Portland Building to several PSU buildings (including the Native American Student and Community Center, which is filled with Native art).

Like many Northeast Portland neighborhoods, Beaumont-Wilshire was carved from orchards, open fields, and patches of forest. As a young Portland sprawled across the river, the rural landscape of the eastside was replaced by a grid of neighborhoods, a busy streetcar system, and tens of thousands of new residents.

Using early maps, documents, photos, newspaper accounts, and memories he’s collected from past residents, local historian Doug Decker will explore the early years of of the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood to examine connections between past, present, and future.