Morgan Building

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

{{for|the New York City bank known formerly as the Morgan Building|23 Wall Street}}

{{use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Morgan Building

| nrhp_type =

| 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=November 13, 2013}}.

| designated_other1_color = lightgreen

| image = Morgan Building - Portland, Oregon (2018).jpg

| caption = Viewed from the northeast in 2018

| location = 720 SW Washington Street
Portland, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|45.520628|-122.679523|region:US-OR_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Portland downtown#Oregon#USA

| built = 1913

| architect = Doyle, Patterson & Beach

| architecture = Beaux Arts

| added = September 12, 1996

| area = {{convert|0.5|acre}}

| refnum = 96001003

}}

The Morgan Building is an office building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|author=Tess, John M.|date=November 15, 1995|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Morgan Building|publisher=National Park Service|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/96001003_text|format=PDF|accessdate=February 25, 2016|archive-date=September 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902191639/https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/96001003_text|url-status=live}}{{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=37|format=PDF|date=June 6, 2011|accessdate=December 24, 2011|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=live}}

The Morgan was home to Theodore Kruse's Rainbow Grill, which opened in October 1913. Kruse had closed his Louvre restaurant, a hotspot in the gay community, after it was a focal point of the 1912 Portland vice scandal. The Rainbow advertised "fat, juicy, delicious" oysters and a "Special Men's Grill" with meat of the diner's choosing. It closed in June 1915.{{Cite web |title=The Louvre Restaurant |first=George |last=Painter |work=glapn.org |date= |access-date=August 10, 2020 |url=https://www.glapn.org/6080louvre.html |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429230836/http://glapn.org/6080louvre.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=A City Scandalized |first=Heather Arndt |last=Anderson |work=Portland Mercury |date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=August 10, 2020 |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/feature/2018/01/10/19597137/a-city-scandalized |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805003259/https://www.portlandmercury.com/feature/2018/01/10/19597137/a-city-scandalized |url-status=live }}

Hunan Restaurant, Roe, and Tercet have operated in the building.