Portland Center Stage

From drills to playbills

Built in 1891 to give the Oregon National Guard a place to practice riot prevention for anti-Chinese sentiment, the Armory was designed using many Northwest quarry materials. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. During the Weinhard "brewery blocks" renovation the dilapidated building was transformed into Portland Center Stage.  Shortly after opening, the building was LEED Platinum certified, an ideal significant-to-sensational transformation in a city that loves the flight of the Phoenix.