Northwestern Electric Company – Alberta Substation
Portland, United States
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The Northwestern Electric Company – Alberta Substation, built in 1931 in northeast Portland's Concordia neighborhood, is a Mediterranean Revival structure that originally served as an electrical substation for the Northwestern Electric Company. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the building has been adapted for contemporary use, housing the restaurant Bar Cala as of 2022. Its architectural styling reflects the decorative sensibilities of early Depression-era industrial design, blending functional infrastructure with ornamental Mediterranean Revival aesthetics.
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- Type
- electrical substation
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
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- Portland, United States
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