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Sunday, August 23, 2015

Portland’s Tallest Buildings: Wells Fargo Center

1300 SW Fifth Avenue

IMG_2611 Wells Fargo Center from the East Side of the Pavilion at the Portland Japanese Garden at Washington Park in Portland, Oregon on February 27, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 27, 2010

The tallest building in Oregon is the 546-foot tall, 41-story Wells Fargo Center.

IMG_2145 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

The center also includes the five-story Data Processing Building to the east, connected by a skybridge.

IMG_2157 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

It was designed by Charles Luckman & Associates and was dedicated on May 25, 1972 as First National Center.

IMG_2124 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

It was renamed First Interstate Tower in 1981 and renamed again to Wells Fargo Center after Wells Fargo Bank acquired First Interstate Bank in 1996.

IMG_2111 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

The tower features an exterior of Italian Apennine Mountain marble.

IMG_2224 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

The Wells Fargo Center housed the headquarters of Willamette Industries until 2002.

IMG_2218 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

A restaurant on the 20th Floor called the Tower Restaurant closed in 2002.

IMG_2199 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

IMG_2195 Wells Fargo Center in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Wells Fargo Center on February 15, 2010

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