Beaverton City Hall

Built in 1985, and also known as the Griffith Park Building, the City of Beaverton began leasing space in this 75,000 square foot building in 1986. Beaverton’s City Hall moved to the Beaverton Building in 2014 and the Beaverton Police Department moved to the new Beaverton Public Safety Center in 2020, but the Griffith Park Building continues to house the Beaverton Municipal Court and a few other city offices.

Embedded in the concrete outside the main entrance is an installation briefly recounting Beaverton's history. Called "Writing the Future," it was installed in 1993 for Beaverton's centennial.

THE CITY OF BEAVERTON WAS INCORPORATED IN 1893 (POP 386)

CANYON ROAD WAS PAVED WITH PLANKS (1851)

A WOODEN ROAD FROM PORTLAND TO BEAVERTON

TRAINS CAME IN 1871, TO A RAILWAY STOP

WITH A STORE, A POST OFFICE, AND A SCHOOL.

RAILWAYS TURNED TO HIGHWAYS AND WAGONS INTO STATION WAGONS

FARM FIELDS BECAME BEAVERTON AIRPORT WHICH BECAME BEAVERTON MALL (1970)

BEAVERTON’S CENTENNIAL 1993 (POP 57290)

WRITING THE FUTURE

Note: Beaverton Mall was renamed Cedar Hills Crossing in 2002.

Also outside the main entrance is an installation called "Sisters on the Globe" featuring the names of some of Beaverton's sister cities.

SISTERS ON THE GLOBE

TROSSINGEN, GERMANY

CLUSES, FRANCE

BIROBIDZHAN, RUSSIA

GOTEMBA, JAPAN

HSINCHU, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

CHEON-AN, KOREA

World War I Monument at Camp Withycombe

Originally the Clackamas Rifle Range, Camp Withycombe at 10101 SE Clackamas Road in Clackamas, Oregon, was established as a training camp on May 15, 1909 and was named Camp Benson after Governor Frank W. Benson. Expanded in June 1916 for the mobilization of the Oregon National Guard for the Mexican Expedition commanded by Major General John J. Pershing, the camp was renamed in honor of Governor James Withycombe on June 21, 1916. It was expanded further during World War I when it served as a National Guard headquarters, central supply depot and training center. The grounds of Camp Withycombe include this monument to the soldiers of World War I, erecting in 1927 by the Portland Chapter of the American War Mothers.

THE LAST GREAT MEASURE OF DEVOTION

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BOYS WHO LEFT

CAMP WITHYCOMBE 1917 TO SERVE IN THE WORLD WAR

ERECTED 1927 BY THE AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS

PORTLAND CHAPTER No. 2 PORTLAND ORE.

                                                                              MRS. JOHN S. EUBANKS                                     BLDG. COMMITTEE     MRS. FLORENCE E. GARVER                                                                               MRS. MARY HARPER