The following historic resource is in the process of being nominated to the National Register of Historic Places as a result of the African American Historic Sites Initiative:Ĭonstructed in 1911, this Craftsman Style house in the Irvington Historic District was home to civil rights activist, lawyer, and newspaper owner/editor Beatrice Morrow Cannady from approximately 1913 through 1933. The building and business remain under ownership of the Dean family to this day.Īccess the Dean’s National Register listing.Ĭity-sponsored National Register Nominations (In-progress) Dean’s has been an enduring presence in Lower Albina despite government-sponsored clearance, redevelopment, disinvestment, and gentrification, which have displaced many of the area’s Black residents and businesses over the past half century.
The shop significantly illustrates the important role of barbering and beauty culture in African American life, both as a means to build generational wealth through entrepreneurship and as an important expression of pride and solidarity with other members of the Black community. Olivet National Register listing.ĭean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop was built in 1956 for Benjamin and Mary Rose Dean and is the oldest continuously operating Black-owned barber shop or salon in Portland. Perhaps most importantly, the church provided critical meeting space for local civil rights organizations and hosted leading civil rights leaders, labor activists, politicians, and other activists including Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) president Marcus Garvey, labor union leader Asa Philip Randolph, and various representatives from the national NAACP.Īccess the Mt. Olivet’s renowned music ministry program fostered Black artistic expression and cultural pride through its public performances of traditional African American spirituals and gospel music. Since the time of its construction, the church building has served as a venue for numerous cultural, social, and political events of importance to the local Black community. Olivet Baptist Church was built in 1923 for one of Portland’s first Black congregations and today stands as the oldest extant African American worship space in Lower Albina. The following historic resources have been nominated to - and are now listed in - the National Register of Historic Places as a result of the African American Historic Sites Initiative:
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This inequity means entire communities lack protections for their important cultural landmarks and exclude owners and tenants from the financial benefits of historic preservation.Īs one response to this inequity, the Historic Resources Program launched the African American Historic Sites Initiative in 2017 to support the documentation, designation, and protection of historic resources associated with the Black experience in Portland.īuilding on primary research conducted by historians Kimberly Moreland, Cathy Galbraith, Raymond Burell III, and many others, the African American Historic Sites Initiative has engaged volunteers and professionals in the documentation of historic places associated with Black history, including nominating individual sites for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. However, the inventory has long failed to recognize historic resources associated with under-represented histories. Portland’s Historic Resource Inventory, including more than 700 designated landmarks and 25 designated districts, reflects a diversity of places with architectural, cultural, and historical significance.
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