Barber Block

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Barber Block

| nrhp_type = cp

| designated_other1_name = Portland Historic Landmark{{citation|author=Portland Historic Landmarks Commission|title=Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon|format=XLS|date=July 2010|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=44013&a=146276|accessdate=September 21, 2013}}.

| designated_other1_color = lightgreen

| partof = East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District

| partof_refnum = 91000126

| nocat = yes

| image = BarberBlockPortland.jpg

| caption = The Barber Block in 2006

| alt = Photograph of a highly ornamented, three-story commercial building on an urban street corner

| location = 532–538 SE Grand Avenue
Portland, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|45.518794|-122.660386|region:US-OR_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin =

| map_caption = Location of the Barber Block in Portland

| map_alt = Locator map

| built = 1890

| architecture = Mixed late Victorian styles, including Italianate, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, others{{Citation | last = McMath | first = George A. | date = December 5, 1976 | title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Barber Block | url = {{NRHP url|id=77001109}} | accessdate = February 25, 2016 | format = PDF}}.

| architect = Thomas J. Jones

| added = February 15, 1977

| refnum = 77001109

}}

The Barber Block is a building complex located at the corner of Southeast Grand and Washington Streets in Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was built in 1890 and listed on the NRHP in 1977.{{cite encyclopedia|last=Ballestrem|first=Val|title=Barber Block (Portland)|year=2011|encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia|publisher=Portland State University|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/barber_block_portland_/#.U3pfhygzRFo |accessdate=May 19, 2014}} It is also located within the East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District.

Among the building's occupants in the 1920s was a nickelodeon theater. After the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 caused significant damage to the building's roof, its owners considering demolishing it, but decided against doing so. The ground floor spaces have been used by various types of businesses over the decades, including a furniture store, a restaurant and a bank, while the second and third floors have always been residential, mostly as apartments but for a time as a single-room occupancy residential hotel.

The building underwent a renovation in the late 1970s{{cite news|last=Basalyga|first=Stephanie|title=Foundation honors historic building preservation|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=May 13, 2002|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2002/05/13/foundation-honors-historic-building-preservation/|accessdate=January 28, 2013}} and another in the 2000s.{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Dan|title=Commercial Contractors: Barber Block|newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=November 21, 2007|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2007/11/21/commercial-contractors-barber-block/|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}