Multnomah County Central Courthouse
Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, U.S.
45°30′50″N 122°40′30″W / 45.514°N 122.675°W / 45.514; -122.675The Multnomah County Central Courthouse serves as the courthouse for Multnomah County, Oregon. It is located in downtown Portland, Oregon, the county seat. It opened in October 2020,[1] replacing a nearby building that had been constructed between 1909 and 1914.[3]
Ground was broken on the project to build the new courthouse in October 2016,[4] at which time it was scheduled to be completed in 2020 and cost $300 million.[2][5] It reached its full height of 325 feet (99 m) on November 9, 2018.[6] The building opened to the public on October 5, 2020.[1][7]
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Portland, Oregon
- Veritable Quandary
References
- ^ a b c Green, Aimee (October 4, 2020). "After decades of trying, Multnomah County opens a $324 million new, spacious, seismically safer courthouse". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ a b Green, Aimee (October 26, 2016). "Chain link fence is going up around new Multnomah County Courthouse site, work to begin". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ^ "About the Central Courthouse Project". Multnomah County. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^ "Multnomah County Central Courthouse Groundbreaking Ceremony". Multnomah Bar Association. October 4, 2016. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ Bell, Jon (January 25, 2017). "Multnomah County's $300M courthouse update: Dirt set to fly soon". Portland Business Journal. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ Graves, Mark (November 10, 2018). "Crews 'top off' new courthouse". The Oregonian. p. A5.
- ^ Deutsch, Marilyn (October 5, 2020). "New Multnomah County Courthouse opens after four years of construction". KPTV. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
External links
- Media related to Multnomah County Central Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons
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