RICHARDSONIAN ROMANESQUE1885-1900

FLAT ROOFS WITH PARAPETS OR TOWERS

CARVED DESIGNS ON CAPITALS AND OTHER DETAILS INSPIRED BY ROMANESQUE AND BYZANTINE PRECEDENTS

DECORATIVE MOLDINGS AND  LINTELS IN CONTRACTING  STONE TRIM

RECESSED ROUND-ARCHED OPENINGS AND FLAT-TOPPED OPENINGS

ROUGH-SURFACED STONE FACING: USUALLY ROCK=FACED ASHLAR SANDSTONE OR BRICK

MASSIVE, HEAVY APPEARANCE

ROUNDED BAYS, TOWERS AND TURRETS.

TOWERS AND TURRET ROOFS ARE CONICAL OR PYRAMIDAL

PORTLAND EXAMPLES:       Dekum Building (shown), Front and First

                                                New Market Annex, 58 SW 2nd

                                                First Baptist Church, 909 SW 11th

                                                Auditorium Building, 930 SW 3rd

                                                William Temple House, 2023 NW Hoyt

                                                Union Station, 800 NW 6th

                                                Haseltine Building, 135 SW 2nd

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