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Cooks Block, 1959

"Cooks’ Block, 1959

This nice brick and cast-iron building was erected on the southeast corner of SW 2nd and Oak in 1884 at a cost of $20,000. This photo dates to 1959; the building was demolished in 1965."

 

From the great Vintage Portland blog: vintageportland.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/cooks-block-1959

 

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"First I came across the Cooks Block (pictured above), a brick and cast-iron beauty that stood on the southeast corner of SW 2nd and Oak and was built in 1884 at a cost of $20,000. This photo dates to 1959. The building was demolished six years later."

 

From: chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2010/05/a-tip...

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Uploaded on October 19, 2013