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Yale Union Laundry Building

1900s architecture in the United States1908 establishments in OregonArts centers in OregonBuckman, Portland, OregonCommercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
Egyptian Revival architecture in the United StatesFormer laundry buildingsIndustrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, OregonIndustrial buildings completed in 1908Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United StatesNational Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
Yale Union Laundry Building Portland Oregon
Yale Union Laundry Building Portland Oregon

The Yale Union Laundry Building, also known as the Yale Laundry Building, the City Linen Supply Co. Building, Perfect Fit Manufacturing and simply Yale Union (YU), in southeast Portland, Oregon, is a two-story commercial structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built largely of brick in 1908, and embellished with Italian Revival and Egyptian Revival decorations, it was added to the register in 2007. Two-story additions in 1927 and 1929 changed the original building into an L-shaped structure that shares a party wall with a building to the east.Preservation of elements of Portland's industrial laundry era, and its relation to the women's labor movement and the rise of the middle class in the United States, are factors in the building's listing on the National Register. Built and first operated by businessman Charles F. Brown, the building was bought in 1927 by Home Services Company, a power-laundry consortium. American Linen Supply and then Perfect Fit Manufacturing, a maker of automotive fabrics, used the building after Home Services sold it in 1950. Acquired by Alter LLC in 2008, the building is home to Yale Union (YU), a contemporary arts center.

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Yale Union Laundry Building
Southeast 10th Avenue, Portland Buckman

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