In the final installment of our three-part series, we will examine the revival of past historical styles. One hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Americans were rediscovering the origins of their ever-expanding democracy. The nation’s first successful World’s Fair, Philadelphia’s Centennial Exposition of 1876, was conceived to celebrate the future by remembering the past. While extolling modern American invention and ingenuity in the burgeoning industrial... more

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PART ONE Read Part 2 By 1846, there were a dozen log cabins etched out of the primeval wilderness fronting the west bank of the Willamette River. Three years earlier the name Portland had been decided by the toss of a coin—three years later, California’s Gold Rush would lure most of the town’s population south to seek their fortune. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →