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Halprin Open Space Sequence
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National Register of Historic Places

Halprin Open Space Sequence

On the National Register since 201313 years
Listed 2013Portland
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About the district

Halprin Open Space Sequence, at SW Open Spaces & Pedestrian Malls from Lincoln to Clay Sts., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 6, 2013. The Register lists it for its landscape design and town planning, at the national level. The listing covers 6 acres. 11 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isSeries of urban open spaces and pedestrian zones between Southwest Lincoln Street and Clay Street, in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

SW Open Spaces & Pedestrian Malls from Lincoln to Clay Sts., Portland · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Halprin Open Space SequenceStart here
  2. 2Peter Taylor House and Haehlen, Gotlieb, HouseItalianate · Built 1882 · next door
  3. 3Walter F. Burrell HouseLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · next door
  4. 4Walter F. Burrell House (Boundary Increase)Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements · next door
  5. 5Jefferson SubstationBuilt 1909 · 0.2 mi on
Around it

66 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BHarrison Court ApartmentsColonial Revival0.1 miDSouth Park BlocksDistrict0.2 miBLadd Carriage HouseStick0.2 miBPortland City HallRenaissance Revival · Built 18950.2 miBUniversity ClubJacobethan Revival0.2 miBSovereign HotelGeorgian · Built 19230.2 miBAmbassador ApartmentsBuilt 19220.2 miBSimon Benson HouseQueen Anne0.3 miBJeanne Manor Apartment BuildingModernistic0.3 miBCumberland ApartmentsJacobethan0.3 miBCalvary Presbyterian ChurchHigh Victorian Gothic · Built 18820.3 miBSt. James Lutheran ChurchLate Gothic Revival0.3 miBU.S. CourthouseBuilding0.3 miBPortland Art MuseumBuilding0.3 miBMultnomah County CourthouseNeo-Classical Revival0.3 miBFirst Congregational ChurchItalian Gothic0.3 miBParamount TheatreNorth Italian Rococo Revival · Built 19270.3 miBFried-Durkheimer HouseBuilding0.4 mi
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BFruit and Flower MissionGeorgian0.4 miBVisitors Information CenterModern Movement: International Style0.4 miBAuditorium and Music HallSansovino Romanesque · Built 18950.4 miBMedical Arts BuildingItalian Renaissance0.4 miBPeck Bros. and Bartle Tire Service Company BuildingMission Revival0.4 miBIra F. Powers BuildingCommercial0.4 miBGilbert BuildingRomanesque Revival0.4 miBNew Heathman HotelJacobean · Built 19270.4 miBPortland Public Service BuildingPost-Modern · Built 19820.4 miBPublic Service Building and GarageBuilt 19270.4 miBHeathman HotelBuilt 19260.4 miBRoosevelt HotelCommercial0.4 miBArlington ClubClassical Revival · Built 19090.4 miBOdd Fellows BuildingGothic0.4 miBWheeldon Apartment BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival, Jacobethan · Built 19090.4 miBPacific BuildingItalian Renaissance0.4 miBWheeldon AnnexBuilding0.4 miBAuto Rest GarageCommercial · Built 19170.4 miBJournal BuildingBeaux Arts Classicism · Built 19120.4 miBCharles Piggott HouseRomanesque Revival0.5 miBCatherine White HouseQueen Anne0.5 miStHawthorne BridgeStructure0.5 miBNew Imperial HotelLate 19th and 20th Century American Movements · Built 19090.5 miDPortland Yamhill Historic DistrictCommercial0.5 miBHanthorn ApartmentsBuilding0.5 miBMohawk BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.5 miBBeth Israel SchoolBuilding0.5 miBFirst Unitarian Church of PortlandGeorgian0.5 mi★Pioneer CourthouseItalianate0.5 miBCornelius HotelFrench Renaissance0.5 miBKress BuildingCommercial Style0.5 miBBuyers BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.5 miBFailing Office BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style0.5 miBCentral Building, Public LibraryGeorgian Style · Built 19130.5 miBVilla St. Clara ApartmentsLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.5 miBHamilton BuildingCommercial Style0.5 miBMeier and Frank BuildingCommercial Style0.5 miBNorthwestern National Bank BuildingCommercial Style · Built 19130.5 miBHotel AlderLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style0.5 miBBroadway BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements0.5 miBYeon BuildingCommercial Style Skyscraper · Built 19110.5 miBSelling BuildingCommercial0.5 miBH. and Company Liebes BuildingCommercial Style0.5 miBSwetland BuildingLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style0.5 miBCharles F. Berg BuildingModerne0.5 miBCalumet HotelFrench Renaissance0.5 miBLipman-Wolfe and Company BuildingCommercial Style0.5 miBBedell BuildingCommercial Style0.5 mi

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Questions about Halprin Open Space Sequence

Is Halprin Open Space Sequence on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 6, 2013 (Register number 13000058).

Is Halprin Open Space Sequence a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Oregon has 16 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Pioneer Courthouse, 0.5 miles away.

Can you visit Halprin Open Space Sequence?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.