The Eugenia Apartments in southeast Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

 in the U.S. state

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 of Oregon

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 is a two-story apartment building listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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. A Colonial Revival structure built in 1911, it was added to the register in 1989.

The nomination form for the building describes it as a well-preserved example of the many medium-scale multi-family dwellings built in inner southeast Portland between 1910 and 1930. The Eugenia Apartments has four apartments on each of its main floors as well as three living units in the basement. Pediment

Pediment

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ed and arched dormer

Dormer

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s, a formal facade

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 and prominent portico

Portico

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, and decorative details such as fanlight

Fanlight

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s are among the building's notable features.