Povey Brothers Studio, also known as Povey Brothers Art Glass Works or Povey Bros. Glass Co., was an American producer of stained glass windows based in Portland, Oregon. The studio was active from 1888 to 1928. As the largest and best known art glass company in Oregon, it produced windows for homes, churches, and commercial buildings throughout the West. When the firm was founded in 1888, it was the only creative window firm in Portland, then a city of 42,000 residents.
Detail of Oregon State Seal skylight in the courtroom of the Oregon Supreme Court Building, Salem, Oregon
John E. G. Povey House, Portland, Oregon, home of one of the Povey Brothers
Povey Brothers window at Deepwood Estate, Salem, Oregon, showing their signature dogwood motif
Rose window depicting an anchor from First Presbyterian Church in Portland, backlit at night (see also in the day)
Oregon Supreme Court Building
The Oregon Supreme Court Building is the home to the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon Court of Appeals, and the Oregon Judicial Department. Located in the state capitol complex in Salem, it is Oregon's oldest state government building. The three-story structure was completed in 1914 and currently houses the state's law library, and once housed the Oregon State Library.
Front of the building on State Street
Stained-glass skylight above the third floor courtroom.
Staircase inside the building
Exterior of building