Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building

The Edith Green – Wendell Wyatt Federal Building is a high rise structure in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States.

Designed by the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill architecture firm, the building is named after Wendell Wyatt and Edith Green who both served in the United States House of Representatives.

[3] Firefighters returned in February of the next year when a person trapped in an elevator inadvertently set off the fire alarm.

[4] Also that year, the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service moved out of the building and into Oregon's World Trade Center.

[6] All the occupants were evacuated during the late morning fire that had three alarms called, but was easily extinguished with a single bucket of water.

[17] Seattle based Howard S. Wright Companies was the construction manager with the project designed to achieve a LEED Platinum rating.

[20] The Building was named by the American institute of Architects' Committee on the Environment as one of the top 10 sustainable projects of 2015.

[32] Wyatt was a native Oregonian who studied law at the University of Oregon before joining the FBI and Marine Corps.

[32] A veteran of World War II, he served as Congressman from Oregon's 1st congressional district for ten years as a Republican.

Building during renovations in April 2011
The building in 2012, shortly before the completion of its remodel.
Original look of the building