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Hallock and Day Company ledger , 1853-1859
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Hallock and McMillan; Hallock, Absalom B. , 1826-1892; Hallock and Day Company
- Title
- Hallock and Day Company ledger
- Dates
- 1853-1859 (inclusive)18531859
- Quantity
- 0.1 linear feet, (1 container) : 1 volume
- Collection Number
- B 030
- Summary
- The Hallock and Day Company was a partnership between Portland, Oregon architect and contractor Absalom Barrett Hallock and architect Lou Day. The ledger is an account book of final entry, in which business transactions of the company were recorded.
- Repository
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University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives
UO Libraries--SCUA
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene OR
97403-1299
Telephone: 5413463068
spcarref@uoregon.edu - Access Restrictions
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Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
- Additional Reference Guides
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See the Current Collection Guide for detailed description and requesting options.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Absalom Barrett Hallock (1822-1892) and Lou Day were early Portland, Oregon architects. Hallock was also a general contractor. In addition to houses and commercial buildings, Hallock & Day designed the beaux-arts Portland Penitentiary Building in 1855. The pair worked together on projects until the partnership dissolved in 1860.
Hallock established his own business headquarters in 1857 at Southwest Front and Oak Streets in Portland, where he had his office until he retired twenty-three years later. Together with William McMillan, he designed and built a two-story structure on the site with cast iron columns supporting three arches on the façade and cast iron shutters protecting the second-story casement windows. The Hallock-McMillan Building, stripped of its cast iron, is now the oldest commercial building in Portland.
Source: The Oregon Encylcopedia (https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/hallock_absolom)
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Hallock and Day Company ledger is an account book of final entry, in which business transactions of the company were recorded. The ledger also includes transactions related to the construction of the Hallock and McMillan building, Portland, in 1857.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Description |
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| Guide to the Hallock and Day Company Ledger |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Architects--Oregon--Portland
- Architectural firms--Oregon--Portland
- Construction industry--Northwest, Pacific
Personal Names
- Day, Lou
Form or Genre Terms
- Account books
University of Oregon Libraries, Archivists' Toolkit Project Team, Amanda Steele, and Chasmodai Cassidy
2011
