It went through a renovation in 1977,[3] and was listed on National Register of Historic Places in March of that year.

[4] It is the neighbor of the Dekum Building, a fellow NRHP listing on Third Avenue.

It is said that architects Whidden & Lewis designed a ground-breaking building, built decades ahead of later (and similar) trends in commercial architecture.

Decoration comes in the form of granite-clad cast iron entry columns and cable mouldings, set against a Japanese-brick facade.

It is also the first building in Portland designed in the Classical Revival style.