Whidden & Lewis was an architectural firm based in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

, in the United States, around the beginning of the 20th century, formed by

William M. Whidden William Marcy Whidden (February 10, 1857 – July 27, 1929) was a founding member of Whidden & Lewis, a prominent architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, United States. Early life William Whidden was born on February 10, 1857, in Boston, Massachu ...

and

Ion Lewis Ion Lewis (1858-1933) was a founding member of a Portland architectural firm Whidden & Lewis that was formed around the beginning of the 20th century. The firm was formed with partner William M. Whidden. Their residential buildings were mostly in t ...

. The partnership was established in 1889. Their residential buildings were mostly in the

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style, while their commercial buildings were primarily in the 20th-century classical style. The commercial buildings often featured brick, along with

terra cotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta ...

ornamentation. Many of their buildings are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

(NRHP).

NRHP works in Portland

* Charles F. Adams House * Ayer–Shea House * Bates–Seller House * Philip Buehner House * Walter F. Burrell House * George Earle Chamberlain House * Concord Building, 1891 * Charles Crook House *

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 ...

, 1913 * Gilbert Building * Grand Stable and Carriage Building * Hamilton Building, 1892–1893 * Richard Koehler House, contributing

Alphabet Historic District The Alphabet Historic District, is a historic district in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is in area and includes 478 contributing buildings. With It is rou ...

William and Annie MacMaster House The William and Annie MacMaster House is a house located in southwest Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon Current listings ...

* Mohawk Building *

Multnomah County Courthouse The Multnomah County Courthouse is a historic building that served as the courthouse for Multnomah County, Oregon from 1911 to 2020. It is located in downtown, Portland, Oregon, the county seat, and is listed on the National Register of Historic ...

, 1911/1914 *

New Imperial Hotel The Hotel Lucia, formerly the Imperial Hotel, is a historic hotel building in downtown Portland, downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1909 as an extension of the adjacent, Imperial Hotel (Portland, Oregon), original Imperial ...

* Portland City Hall, 1895 * Postal Building, 1900 * Milton W. Smith House * Stevens Building *

Trevett–Nunn House The Trevett–Nunn House is a house located in northwest Portland, Oregon listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Northwest Portland, Oregon Current listings ...

Whidden–Kerr House and Garden The Whidden–Kerr House and Garden, also known as High Hatch Estate, is a historic property located in the unincorporated communities of Riverwood and Dunthorpe in Multnomah County, Oregon, south of Portland and north of Lake Oswego, Oregon. ...

* Isam White House * Wilcox Building * Portland Academy school

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* Cloud Cap Inn,

Mount Hood Mount Hood is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It was formed by a subduction zone on the Pacific coast and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located about east-southeast of Portlan ...

(NRHP) * First National Bank of Hood River

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* 1889 establishments in Oregon Defunct architecture firms based in Oregon History of Portland, Oregon {{US-architect-stub

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