{{Short description|Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Sherlock Building | nrhp_type = | designated_other1_name = Portland Historic Landmark<ref>{{citation|author=Portland Historic Landmarks Commission|title=Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon|format=XLS|date=July 2010|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=44013&a=146276|accessdate=November 13, 2013}}.</ref> | designated_other1_color = lightgreen | image = Sherlock Building in 2011 - Portland, Oregon.jpg | caption = The Sherlock Building in 2011 | location = 309 SW 3rd Avenue<br>Portland, Oregon | coordinates = {{coord|45.520798|-122.674493|region:US-OR_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = USA Portland downtown#Oregon#USA | built = 1893 | architect = Isaac Hodgson, Jr., Frederick Manson White<ref name=Ritz>{{cite encyclopedia |last= Ritz |first= Richard Ellison |encyclopedia= Architects of Oregon: A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased – 19th and 20th Centuries |location= Portland, Oregon |publisher= Lair Hill Publishing |year= 2002 |pages= 186, 418 |isbn=0-9726200-2-8}}</ref> | architecture = Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements | added = October 20, 1977 | area = {{convert|0.2|acre}} | refnum = 77001111<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> }}

The '''Sherlock Building''', also previously known as the '''Forbes and Breeden Building''', is a building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="OPRD list">{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|page=40|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425031913/https://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|archive-date=April 25, 2018|url-status=dead|date=June 6, 2011|access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>

In 2010, the Sherlock Building was purchased for $6.8&nbsp;million by the Church of Scientology, with plans to turn it into the headquarters for its Portland chapter. The Church had previously purchased the nearby Stevens Building, but had decided that it would not be suitable without costly renovations.<ref name="djc2010b">{{cite web| url= http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/06/08/church-of-scientology-buys-sherlock-building/| title= Church of Scientology buys Sherlock Building | date= June 8, 2010 | first= Aaron| last= Spencer |newspaper= Daily Journal of Commerce | accessdate= September 27, 2012}}</ref>

==Tenants== At the time of the building's purchase in 2010, Ruth's Chris Steak House was a tenant.<ref name="djc2010b"/>

==See also== * National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Sherlock Building}}

{{National Register of Historic Places Oregon}} {{Portal bar|Architecture|National Register of Historic Places|Oregon}}

Category:1893 establishments in Oregon Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1893 Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon Category:Frederick Manson White buildings Category:Buildings and structures in Southwest Portland, Oregon Category:Portland Historic Landmarks

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