The Stevens Building is a commercial and office building located in

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, listed on the

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. The 12-story building was designed by

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. The design is similar to the

Failing Office Building The Failing Office Building is a building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 2007. The building was built during the rapid growth in Portland's business district ...

(1907) and Wilcox Building (1911), also by Whidden & Lewis. Construction began in August 1913 and was completed in 1914, with the building opening on May 1, 1914. The total construction cost was $375,000 (equivalent to $ million in ). The building is approximately tall. Most of the building's original tenants were doctors and dentists and their patient clinics, and the building's design was adapted for that use. The building was renovated in 1954 to designs by architect

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. In 2008, it was purchased by the

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for $5.38 million, with the expectation of becoming the headquarters for its Portland chapter. In 2010, they bought the

Sherlock Building The Sherlock Building, also previously known as the Forbes and Breeden Building, is a building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2010, the Sherlock Building was purchased for $6.8 ...

, also located in

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, after learning that the Stevens Building would be too expensive to renovate for their purposes. The Church sold the building in October 2013 for $4.35 million to Arthur Mutal Investments LLC, who plan to turn it into a hotel.

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As of September 2011, one of the

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tenants of the building is Finnegan's Toys & Gifts, who moved to 820 SW Washington Street after occupying the Blanchard Building at 922 SW Yamhill Street since 1981.

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