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Griesel Fruit Company Building

historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ105501381 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Griesel Fruit Company Building is a historic building in Portland, Oregon. Completed in 1923, the structure is part of the East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Griesel Fruit Company Building” as historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Griesel, Fruit and Company.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Griesel, Fruit and Company providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Griesel Fruit Company Building”, the useful work is to connect “historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q105501381. Authority coordinates are 45.518, -122.661. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1923.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Griesel Fruit Company Building”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Griesel Fruit Company Building primary sources, Griesel Fruit Company Building archive and Griesel research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Griesel Fruit Company Building”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Griesel Fruit Company Building” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.