The Architectural Heritage Center celebrates the history, architecture and businesses of Portland’s inner eastside Thursday, May 19, 5 pm. Get a tour, explore the array of food/beverage/wares in the district …
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The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) is bringing back its popular series on how to research the history of a vintage home or building this month. The virtual four-part series takes …
AHC Offers House Research Series Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Ave., is featuring the work of the Portland Indigenous Marketplace, a nonprofit supporting indigenous artists and entrepreneurs while promoting public education through cultural …
Portland Indigenous Marketplace Works on Display Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center presents Portland Indigenous Marketplace at 701 SE Grand Ave. as a showcase of indigenous arts, crafts and goods on view in the AHC main gallery beginning …
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BOOKS WITH PICTURES, 1401 SE Division St. hosts Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), Saturday, August 14, 10 am-8 pm and costumes are encouraged. There are comic books for all ages …
Going Out Short Takes August 2021 Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) has opened a companion piece and walking tour to its latest exhibit, South Portland and the Long Shadow of Urban Renewal. The long, narrow South …
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The Architectural Heritage Center offers walking tours in June that include the commercial and industrial architecture of Sandy Blvd., Ladd’s Addition and more. Visit bit.ly/JuneWalkingTours for more details and to …
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The Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Ave., has reopened its exhibit galleries to the public. Their new exhibit, South Portland and the Long Shadow of Urban Renewal, examines the …
AHC Reopens With New Exhibit Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) is currently seeking volunteers to serve on four committees: DEAI Committee, Advocacy Committee, Collections Committee and Education Committee. The new Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion …
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The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) offers walking tours in April that include Belmont-Sunnyside, Mt. Tabor neighborhoods and others. Visit bit.ly/AprilWalkingTours for more details and to register. $12 AHC members, $20 non-members.
The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) hosts a virtual talk with author Rhys Scholes as he discusses his new book Portland’s Hawthorne Boulevard Thursday, April 8, 6:30 pm. Register at bit.ly/AHCBookTalk. …
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The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) will reopen its exhibit galleries to the public Saturday, April 10 with the exhibit South Portland and the Long Shadow of Urban Renewal on view. …
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It wasn’t really that long ago, but between 1900 and 1940, the average American home went from kerosene to electric lighting, outhouses to full indoor baths, and saw the rise …
How the Working Class Home Became Modern Read More
“Portland House Party” is a reinvention of the Architectural Heritage Center’s annual gala that promises to charm and cheer you out of the doldrums of late winter. The Thursday, February …
The Architectural Heritage Center’s (AHC) gala goes virtual on Thursday, February 25. It will be free and open to all. The event is their biggest of the year, typically attracting …
AHC Virtual Gala Seeks Volunteers Read More
A new exhibit at the Architectural Heritage Center examines the rise, fall, redevelopment and future of South Portland looking at the logic and motivations of city leaders, beginning in the …
AHC’s Long Shadow of Urban Renewal Read More
AHC Walking Tours – The Architectural Heritage Center is continuing its tour of local neighborhoods to explore their architecture and history in October. Tours are limited to eight to nine …
October Community Events Read More
By Nancy Tannler In February of 2019 Portland City Council approved the Enhanced Services District (aka business improvement district), in the Central Eastside; a geographic area from the Willamette River …
Improvement Grants Awarded to Nonprofits Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) has reopened to the public and this month hosts Darcelle XV at Home, a photo exhibit of the historic interior of the Elmer and Linnie …
AHC Exhibit: Darcelle XV at Home Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center (AHC) began resuming its neighborhood tours in July and has added new tours for August and September. To meet COVID-19 mandates and keep participants safe, tours …
AHC Neighborhood Tours Resume Read More
The 2020 Architectural Heritage Center tours start up in March. The guided tours will explore the architecture in 50 neighborhoods across the city. March tours include the Pearl District, the …
2020 AHC Walking Tours Begin Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center has announced an important update on a project that will help honor and protect the culturally significant yet vulnerable structures of Portland’s African-American community from demolition. …
Project to Protect African-American Historic Resources Moves Forward Read More
The Architectural Heritage Center will be holding the 2020 Old House Revival Tour Saturday, April 11, 10 am – 4 pm. Each year the Old House Revival Tour demonstrates that older …
2020 Old House Revival Tour Call For Homes Read More
