The Sovereign Hotel was a Portland, Oregon, hotel built in 1923. The nine-story building was added to the United States' National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1981. Part of the building
The east façade, on Broadway, and north façade in 2011
One of the two murals that comprise Oregon History, this one on the building's west side
Oregon History (mural)
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Oregon History, sometimes called the Oregon Historical Society mural, is a pair of eight-story-tall 1989–1990 trompe-l'œil murals by Richard Haas, installed outside the Oregon Historical Society, on t
Sovereign Hotel (Portland, Oregon)
…has six sides, and on four of the six sides are murals painted in 1989 by Richard Haas, two of which are eight stories tall and are collectively titled Oregon History. They were commissioned by OHS for $225,000. The mural on the building's westernmost side shows the Lewis and Clark Expedition, while the one on the…
The mural on the building's south side features a wagon train and scenes from the fur trade and Native American life.