A twin pair of railroad buildings in the Pearl District, built by the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway in 1908 to serve as their Portland terminal. This railway was formed to construct a railroad along the north bank of the Columbia River in 1905, hence the popular name of “the North Bank Road.” The terminal was also known as the Hoyt Street depot or station after its location on NW Hoyt Street and both sides of Eleventh Avenue.
From August 1911 to June 1931, the eastern building – facing onto NW Tenth Avenue – served as the Portland passenger terminal for the Oregon Electric Railway, a subsidiary company of the SP&S.
The buildings both survive to this day, though they’ve been converted to ritzy Pearl District townhouses. The complex was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in February 1996.