National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet

NFS Form 10-MO-a OMB Appro** Ho. ia24~OO1» United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number ——— Page ___ SUPPLEMENTARY LISTING RECORD NRIS Reference Number: 98000631 Date Listed: 6/22/98 Astoria Downtown Historic District Clatsop OR Property Name County State N/A Multiple Name This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places in accordance with the attached nomination documentation subject to the following exceptions, exclusions, or amendments, notwithstanding the National Park Service certification included in the nomination documentation. V Signature oT/m& Keeper Date of Action Amended Items in Nomination: Period of Significance: Period of Significance is amended to add the date: 1811. This information was confirmed with the Oregon SHPO. DISTRIBUTION: National Register property file Nominating Authority (without nomination attachment) NFS Form 10-900 (Oct 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See Instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories'from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NFS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property "" ""~~~. Astoria Downtown Historic District historic name other names/site number 2. Location From the Columbia River to Exchange Street and street & number from Seventh Street to Seventeenth Street for publication city or town Astoria N/A I"1 vicinity Oregon state code OR county Clatsop code 007 97103 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this IS nomination D request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property E meets C] does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant D nationally D statewide GO jpcally. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.) ____April 20, 1998 Signature of certifying/official/Trtle Deputy SHPO Date Oregon State Historic Preservation Office___________________ State of Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property D meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. (D See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Date of Action YQ aptered in the National Register. * D See continuation sheet. D determined eligible for the J National Register D See continuation sheet. D determined not eligible for the National Register. D removed from the National Register. D other, (explain:) ________ Astoria Downtown Historic District Clatsop, Oregon Name of Property County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) 29 private D building(s) Contributing Noncontributing G9 public-local 59 (X) district 64 buildings 09 public-State D site 2 E public-Federal D structure sites D object structures objects 61 64 Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property fisting.) in the National Register N/A 8 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Commerce: all Same Social: meeting hall, civic_____ Government: city hall, government office custom house, post office, courthouse Recreation and Culture: theater Industry: manufacturing facility Health Care: hospital_______ Domestic: multiple dwelling___ 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Late Victorian: Italianate, Queen Anne foundation concrete, wood piling Late I9th/20thC. Revivals: Colonial, Classical, wa|[S reinforced concrete, brick tile, brick _,-•_ n7~;—————Renaissance Kevival, beaux Arts Early 20th C. American; Connercial Style _________________________ Modern Movement: Modernistic roof built-up, asphalt Vernacular/No Style other 91ass » wood, corrugated, metal Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Astorla Downtown Historic District Clatsop, Oregon Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria 'Areas of Significance (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions) for National Register listing.) Architecture 0 A Property is associated with events that have made Commerce a significant contribution to the broad patterns of Exploration / Settlement our history. Industry D B Property is associated with the lives of persons Politics / Government significant in our past. 51 C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack Period of Significance individual distinction. 1883 - 1922 1923 - 1947 D D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations Significant Dates (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.) 1811 Property is: 1883 1922 D A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. Significant Person D B removed from its original location. (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) N/A_______________ D C a birthplace or grave. Cultural Affiliation D D a cemetery. N/A D E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. G F a commemorative property. D G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance Architect/Builder within the past 50 years. John E. Wicks, Charles T. Diamond, Eino E..Isaacson , Bail Schacht, Edgar Lazarus, Narrative Statement of Significance Bermes and Herzog, Tourtellotte and Huimel (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: n preliminary determination of individual listing (36 D State Historic Preservation Office CFR 67) has been requested D Other State agency 13 previously listed in the National Register D Federal agency D previously determined eligible by the National G8 Local government Register D University S designated a National Historic Landmark D Other D recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of repository: City of Astori a recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # ____________ OM04flprm*Ma United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number ? Page i GENERAL DESCRIPTION Astoria is located in Clatsop County at the northwest corner of Oregon, eight miles east from the mouth of the Columbia River. Highway 30 runs through the downtown core and joins Highways 101 and 26 at the threshold of the Astoria- Megler Bridge. The proposed historic district is centrally located on the Astoria peninsula. The approximately 30 commercial blocks are found along the river's edge. The Astoria Downtown Historic District contains 130 buildings and three sites, of which 89% were constructed prior to 1947 (Fig. 1). Of the 23 structures built since then, eight are considered compatible, including an International style church. On Commercial Street, the main thoroughfare in downtown, the northern facades remain unbroken from Eighth to Fourteenth Streets. Ninety percent of the buildings on either side of the street were constructed by the end of the secondary period of development. Less than twenty buildings within the entire district have been demolished or destroyed since 1922. If restored, downtown Astoria has remarkable potential to clearly represent the "periods of significance." The district is bounded by the Columbia River to the north (Fig. 2). To the south, above Exchange Street, is the Fort Hill historic inventory area which rises above downtown on an amphitheater shaped hillside. To the southwest, beyond Seventh Street, is the Hobson-Flavel historic inventory area. To the east, beyond Seventeenth Street, is Scow Bay, a filled area currently being developed through master planning as a gateway to downtown. The planned development will include a seafood laboratory and an aquatics center, with the possible addition of a hotel, seafood consumer center, and mixed housing. Originally built over the river and tidal flats, the

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