Visit Pioneer Courthouse, a National Historic Landmark. Pioneer Courthouse is located in the heart of downtown Portland, adjacent to the ever-lively Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland’s “living room” and once the home of the grand and popular Portland Hotel.

Pioneer Courthouse is the second-oldest federal courthouse west of the Mississippi River. Judge Matthew Paul Deady, the Oregon Territory's pre-eminent jurist and subsequently Oregon's first federal judge, requested in the early 1860s that the federal district court be moved from Salem to Portland, thereby initiating the effort to make Portland ...

The Pioneer Courthouse is located at 700 SW 6th Avenue in Portland, Oregon 97204. The Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society has created exhibits throughout the building and is the sponsor of this website

The Pioneer Courthouse is located at 700 SW 6th Avenue in Portland, Oregon 97204. The Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society has created exhibits throughout the building and is the sponsor of this website

There are 94 federal judicial districts, including one or more in each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and overseas territories. The Pioneer Courthouse was once home to the United States District Court of Oregon.

Mullett's site design for the Pioneer Courthouse became the standard for the problematic sloping terrain of downtown Portland for the next 60 years. A stepped wall and walkways surrounding the courthouse mitigated the sloping topography, allowing easy access to all facades.

The Pioneer Courthouse has an intersecting hip and gable roof. The cornice has dentils evenly spaced below flat and gabled eaves. The cupola roof is wood, clad in copper, with a hatch-type door that provides access to the flagpole.

The Pioneer Courthouse is located at 700 SW 6th Avenue in Portland, Oregon 97204. The Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society has created exhibits throughout the building and is the sponsor of this website

The Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society is an organization of judges, court staff, lawyers, historians, architects, and exhibit designers working to preserve and provide to the public the history of Pioneer Courthouse.

Architect and preservationist George McMath of Allen, McMath, Hawkins and Associates was chosen to oversee the Pioneer Courthouse's historical renovation. Exterior work included repairs to deteriorating exterior stone walls using a mixture of epoxy and ground stone from the original quarry to replicate the texture and surfaces of the original ...