Ion Lewis
Encyclopedia
Ion Lewis was a founding member of Whidden & Lewis, a prominent architectural firm
in Portland
, Oregon
, United States
around the beginning of the 20th century. The firm was formed with partner William M. Whidden
. Their residential buildings were mostly in the Colonial Revival
style, while their commercial buildings were primarily in the twentieth-century classical style. The commercial buildings often featured brick, along with terra cotta
ornamentation. Many of their buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP). Lewis was born in 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Portland in 1881. Some buildings he designed include Portland City Hall
, the Multnomah County Courthouse, and the Forestry Building from the Lewis & Clark Exposition. Lewis died on August 29, 1933.
Architectural firm
An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture.- History :Architects have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep and Senemut . No writings exist to describe how these...
in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon
Oregon
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, United States
United States
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around the beginning of the 20th century. The firm was formed with partner William M. Whidden
William M. Whidden
William Marcy Whidden was a founding member of Whidden & Lewis, a prominent architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, United States.-Early life:...
. Their residential buildings were mostly in the Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
style, while their commercial buildings were primarily in the twentieth-century classical style. The commercial buildings often featured brick, along with terra cotta
Glazed architectural terra-cotta
Glazed architectural terra-cotta is a ceramic masonry building material popular in the United States from the late 19th century until the 1930s, and still one of the most common building materials found in U.S. urban environments...
ornamentation. Many of their buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
(NRHP). Lewis was born in 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Portland in 1881. Some buildings he designed include Portland City Hall
Portland City Hall (Oregon)
Portland City Hall is the headquarters of city government of Portland, Oregon, United States. The four-story Italian Renaissance-style building houses the offices of the City Council, which consists of the mayor and four commissioners, and several other offices. City Hall is also home to the City...
, the Multnomah County Courthouse, and the Forestry Building from the Lewis & Clark Exposition. Lewis died on August 29, 1933.
Further reading
- Marlitt, Richard. Matters of Proportion: The Portland Residential Architecture of Whidden & Lewis. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989.