PORTLAND OUTDOOR STORE

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[DG]

Yes Portland Outdoor Store opened on November 27, 1925, but for many years William Greenberg the store owner operated the Army & Navy store at SW 2nd & Stark and later at SW 3rd & Stark on the NE corner.
In September of 1920 it was announced that William Greenberg who had recently signed a 5 year lease on the Army & Navy location at 3rd & Stark had purchased from Portland Trust Bank building at 3rd & Oak. At the time of the building purchase the bank had relocated some years earlier, and the building was leased to "The Loyal Legion of Loggers & Lumbermen" union who's leased did not expire until February 1921.

The tree trunk columns are interesting and online photos in recent years show they remain. I think that the "Loyal Legion of Logger and Lumbermen" may have added these, and perhaps they conceal real columns, and the Portland Outdoor Store kept them as part of their store motif.

At the time William Greenberg bought the building it is described as a 2 story building with a basement being built entirely of stone with granite pillars measuring 45 by 100 feet.
When the building was remodeled in 1925 the granite columns in front of the store were removed, and the wall along Oak street was taken out for display windows on both Oak Street and 3rd ave.

Upon moving the business changed their name to Portland Outdoor Store.