The Wells Fargo Building is a historic office building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The large doorstep at the building's entryway required the largest slab of granite ever shipped to Portland at the time. Completed in 1907, the steel-framed building is considered the city's first true skyscraper. At 12 stories and with a height of ,"Yeon Skyscraper Starts March 10". (February 6, 1910). The Sunday Oregonian, Section 4, p. 12. it was the tallest building in Portland exclusive of towers, and remained so until the completion of Yeon Building in 1911, which took the title of the tallest office building in Oregon that year. The clock tower of the 1892-completed Oregonian Building, which measured in height, made that building the tallest in the city overall.
In 1946,"$875,000 Annex for U. S. National; Porter Building Pioneers City's Steel Construction". (September 26, 1946). The Oregonian, p. 18. the building was purchased by the United States National Bank of Portland, whose headquarters was located in a smaller building located directly adjacent, immediately to the south. U.S. National Bank used the Wells Fargo Building to expand its downtown Portland headquarters.
In 1986, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also Architecture of Portland, Oregon National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
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Portland Business Journal: Portland's first skyscraper passes the century mark