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Portland - First St. looking
south w/Skidmore Fountain
Portland
Architectural History Tour
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Your private tour features downtown and
Northwest Portland's historical architecture, historic districts and their
histories, starting
from the city's founding years in the mid 1800s, up to the 1920s. Tour includes approximately 70
historically important monuments, buildings, houses and districts in the downtown and
northwest areas. All buildings are registered as National Historic
Monuments and districts as National Historic Districts . Your personal chauffeur/ tour guide will explain important
details about each district and many of the buildings visited. This
tour is for those interested in street-view viewing only historic
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The Lewis Mills and
Jacob Kamm houses, the
Old
Church, the Bishops House, Cotillion Hall, Merchants Hotel - Old Town
Pizza, the
Heathman Hotel,
Multnomah Hotel, the
Yamhill Historic District and talk
about the
Skidmore Historic District
of old, and see it of
new.
Touching on Portland history and the story of the infamous 'shanghaiing trade', are just a few of the
things you'll learn about. Also included is the
Hawthorne Bridge;
built in 1910, it is one of the oldest lift bridges in the world. |
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Old Town Portland 1941 |
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Total Cost is $52.00 per adult. Tour
cost is $52.00 for adults and $26.00 for students age 6-18 (age 5 and
under is free). The cost includes the chauffeur/tour guide gratuity.
5-adult minimum
charges and minimum gratuity apply. Saturday tours require a 6 adult
minimum. Minimum cost per tour is $260.00 for up to 5 persons
(Saturdays - minimum cost is $312.00 for up to 6 persons). Maximum
14 guests. A pick-up location charge may apply. Other
discounts may apply.*
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Tour is approximately 2˝ -3 hours. May be combined with the
Portland City Tour or
other tour
for a full day event ($89 pp + 20% chauffeur/tour guide gratuity +
admission costs of approx. $15 pp; 4 pers. min.). |
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Oregon City Interpretive
Center
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The Oregon Trail |
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Lewis &
Clark.com |
Skidmore Historic
District
* ALL TOURS ARE PRIVATE.
Maximum 14
guests. Our comfortable transportation is in either a town car
sedan, stretch limo or 14
passenger limo bus. The tour may
start at anytime from 9AM-3PM. Senior and youth discount - 25% off,
minimum costs apply. Pick-up is in the Portland downtown area.
Pick-ups outside the downtown are at additional cost. A self-guided tour is available at the
Old Church from 11 AM until 3 PM Tuesday through Saturday. Free
admission. An organ concert is offered Wednesdays at 12 Noon. 30 minutes
"off the clock" time is available for you to enjoy any of these events at
your leisure.
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All photos
above and linked courtesy of Oregon State Archives,
Secretary of State
* Wikipedia GNU Free Documentation License
applies
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