511 Federal Building

{{Short description|Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

{{For|other buildings called the 511 Building|511 Building (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = U.S. Post Office (Portland, Oregon)

| nrhp_type =

| image = 511 Federal Building - Portland, Oregon.JPG

| locmapin = USA Portland downtown#Oregon#USA

| map_caption = Location within downtown Portland

| caption = 511 Federal Building

| location = 511 NW Broadway
Portland, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|45.526955|-122.678152|region:US-OR_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| area =

| built = 1916–1918

| architect = Lewis P. Hobart

| architecture = Classical Revival

| added = April 18, 1979

| refnum = 79002143

}}

The 511 Federal Building is a former federal post office that is currently known as the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design of the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland, Oregon, United States.{{cite web|url=https://pnca.edu/about/historical-timeline#:~:text=Hallie%20Ford%2C%20a%20long-time,arts%20organization%20in%20Oregon%27s%20history.|title=Historical Timeline|publisher=Pacific Northwest College of Art|access-date=January 3, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021183451/https://pnca.edu/about/historical-timeline#:~:text=Hallie%20Ford%2C%20a%20long-time,arts%20organization%20in%20Oregon%27s%20history.|url-status=dead}} PNCA moved into the building in February 2015, after a $32 million remodeling project.{{cite news|last1=Gallivan|first1=Joseph|title=Art school tries on a grown-up building: PNCA moves into the spectacularly renovated old Federal building on the North Park Blocks|url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/249370-117440-art-school-tries-on-a-grown-up-building|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206035747/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/249370-117440-art-school-tries-on-a-grown-up-building|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 6, 2015|access-date=February 7, 2015|work=Portland Tribune|date=February 5, 2015|page=1}}

Previous occupants of the building included the Department of Homeland Security offices for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,{{cite news|last=Redden|first=Jim|title=Groups covet historic building: PNCA and Portland Public Market both seek space on Broadway for future home|date=October 26, 2007|newspaper=Portland Tribune|url=http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=119334838466989200|access-date=August 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608015730/http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=119334838466989200|archive-date=June 8, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} as well as the Department of Agriculture.

The building was constructed in 1916–1918 and opened in 1919 after being commissioned by the Secretary of the Treasury, one of the last post offices built under the 1893 Tarsney Act, and cost $1 million. It was designed by architect Lewis P. Hobart. It is located between Portland's Old Town Chinatown and the Pearl District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, as the U.S. Post Office.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79002143}} |format=PDF|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: U.S. Post Office (Portland, Oregon) |author=Bak, Kristine|year=1979|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=February 25, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|page=41|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609105953/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|url-status=dead}} The building is six stories tall and has a footprint of approximately {{convert|20000|sqft|m2}}.{{cite news|last=Curl|first=Aimee|title=Bureau of Immigration and Customs looks for new Portland office space|date=March 10, 2003|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|location=Portland|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4184/is_20030310/ai_n10045759 |access-date=August 9, 2011}} It has a basement and sub-basement, complete with walled off shanghai tunnels.