Wells Fargo Center is a 40-story tower, 166.4 m (546 ft), and a five-story office building adjacent to three levels of submarine parking in Portland, Oregon. The tower became the tallest building in the state of Oregon when it was completed in 1972.
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History
The connected five-story building and building was designed by Charles Luckman and Associates. Originally named First National Bank Tower , the building opened on 17 April 1972, and was officially devoted to 25 May 1972. At that time, the bank occupied the first 21 floors of the tower and all connected five-story buildings, known as Building Data Processing. The name was changed to First Interstate Tower in 1980-81, after the Western Bancorporation, the parent of First National Bank of Oregon, changed its name to First Interstate Bancorp. The current name was adopted after Wells Fargo purchased the First Interstate in 1996. Upon its opening in 1972, the Wells Fargo Center dwarfed all the high-rise developments that existed in downtown Portland. Public condemnation of the tower scale and the potential for new development to block the view of Mount Hood led to high restrictions on all new developments.
The public area underwent a major renovation in 2001, including the addition of retail space. Renovation was completed in 2002 at a cost of $ 35 million. Focusing on the lobby area, work includes adding views to the history of the bank. The center was the headquarters of Willamette Industries until 2003, when the company was bought by Weyerhaeuser. In November 2017, Starwood Capital Group purchased an adjacent tower and carriage from Wells Fargo.
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Details
Wells Fargo Center contains Wells Fargo Bank's regional headquarters. The tower is located in Downtown Portland, in a block bounded by Southwest Fourth and Fifth Avenues between Southwest Columbia and Jefferson Streets. Skyway connects the tower to the adjacent five-story Data Building Building, which is also part of the Wells Fargo Center. The 41-story building is the tallest building in Oregon, and the third largest office building with 577,339 square feet (53,636,5 m 2 ). The main bank lobby is home to the original 1870 stagecoach from Wells Fargo past.
Architectural details include extensive use of marble. There is a total of 60,000 square feet (5,600 m 2 ) of white Italian marble, thick (thick) / 4 thick (19 mm). The exterior of the building has colored columns of Bronze Glass, White Italian marble, and anodized aluminum that runs the entire height of the building.
Reception
The design of the building has been criticized for various architectural issues. Ivan Doig, writing about Portland for The New York Times in 1976, stated that the building was "large and slick and without trait".
Museum
The branch of the Wells Fargo History Museum is located in the lobby of the building. The museum exhibits include 1854 stagecoach, telegraph and mining equipment, and showcase the company's use of steamers along the Columbia and Willamette Rivers.
See also
- List of tallest buildings by the US state
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon
- List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
References
External links
- The official website of Wells Fargo Center
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