Portland Architecture Tours

Sightseeing  :  United States  :  Oregon  :  Portland  :  Architecture Tours

Learn about Portland history and architecture on this tour! Your guide has over 20 years of experience as an architectural historian and tour leader, as well as written National Register nominations, taught graduate level classes in architectural history.The tours are customized for the participants interests, time availability and distance preferences. Most tours last 1 1/2 to 3 hours and include stops for optional food and beverages. This Portland tour emphasizes the architectural history of the built environment, but touch on the social, ethnic and economic development of the city. Some of the most interesting tours highlight the sustainable, bike/pedestrian friendly downtown that Portland has come to exemplify. Portland also has dozens of distinctive residential neighborhoods with a dense and varied inventory of Craftsman and Colonial architecture.