Pioneer Courthouse

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federal courthouse historic building landmark

Pioneer Courthouse is a historic 19th-century federal courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon, and one of the oldest functioning federal courthouses in the western United States.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal courthouse → historic building → landmark →
architecturalStyle	Italianate →
completionDate	1875 →
constructionStartDate	1869 →
coordinateLocation	45.518°N 122.679°W →
country	United States →
dateOfHeritageDesignation	1977 →
hasNearby	Pioneer Courthouse Square → Portland Transit Mall →
hasPart	central courtroom → cupola → granite steps → interior rotunda → judges’ chambers → jury rooms → mansard roof →
hasUse	federal courthouse → judicial offices →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → National Register of Historic Places listing →
historicPeriod	19th century →
imageDepicts	Pioneer Courthouse facade on SW 6th Avenue →
inception	1869 →
isOneOf	oldest functioning federal courthouses in the western United States →
locatedIn	Portland, Oregon → downtown Portland →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Multnomah County, Oregon →
locatedInJudicialCircuit	Ninth Circuit →
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
locatedOnSquare	Pioneer Courthouse Square vicinity →
materialUsed	brick → sandstone →
NRHPReferenceNumber	77001102 →
numberOfFloorsAboveGround	3 →
occupant	United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → federal judiciary →
occupies	full city block →
operator	General Services Administration →
ownedBy	General Services Administration → United States government →
partOf	United States federal court system →
publicTransitStop	Pioneer Courthouse/Southwest 6th Avenue MAX station → Pioneer Place/Southwest 5th Avenue MAX station →
roofMaterial	metal →
significantEvent	major renovation in the early 2000s → seismic upgrade →
streetAddress	700 SW 6th Avenue →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
CA9 → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit →	hasCourthouse
SW Yamhill Street →	adjacentTo
City Center / Downtown Portland →	contains
Pioneer Courthouse/Southwest 6th Avenue MAX station →	hasNameOrigin
Pioneer Courthouse/Southwest 6th Avenue MAX station →	locatedNear
Pioneer Courthouse Square →	namedAfter
Milepost Sign →	near
Pioneer Courthouse Square →	overlooks