Seismic Reconstruction -- St. Paul Catholic Church -- St. Paul, OR
Frank Manor House Restorations -- Lewis & Clark College -- Portland, OR
Portland Center for the Performing Arts (Paramount Theatre) Rennovation -- Portland, OR
Officer' Row, Historical Restoration of 23 houses including the Grant House, the Marshall House and the O. O. Howard House -- Ft. Vancouver, WA
Remodeling of Fire Stations #'s 15, 24, 25, 26, 43 and New Fire Stations #12 -- Portland, OR
Cherry Lane Fire Station -- Hillsboro, OR
Original Joes -- Portland, OR
Alameda Brewing Co. -- Portland, OR
1st Unitarian Church Addition -- Portland, OR
Burnside Rocket ("green" building, LEED cert.) -- Portland, OR
Rolling Hills Community Church -- Tualatin, OR
Temple Beth Israel -- Portland, OR
Types of Jobs We Do and Who We've Done Them For in the Past:
Masonry structural repair of damaged buildings (fire, train, truck) plus patching, tuck pointing, and general restoration and selective demolition -- Lighting Specialties; Elf Atochem; Lewis & Clark College, Manor House; Webfoot Fertilizer; Nabisco
Pictures of Jobs We've Done in the Past
The three pictures above show St. Paul Catholic Church in St. Paul, OR. the "Spring Break" earthquake damaged this historical brick church built in 1847 (the oldest brick church west of the Mississippi River). HOWARD JACOBS MASONRY was part of the team that supported the roof, dismantled the 26" thick brick walls, placed footings and rebuilt the masonry walls using a combination of structural block and original brick. HOWARD JACOBS MASONRY was awarded the "International Excellence in Masonry Award" (the first and only International Excellence Award for Restoration/Seismic Rehabilitation in the state of Oregon).
Frank Manor House, Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR) -- An ongoing restoration of an historically significant residence which has included manufacture of matching period brick and clay wall caps, matching mortar with specialty sands, replacing face shells of deteriorated brick, rebuilding chimneys and grape arbor piers and restorative cleaning and sealing.
Overton Street Building, 1923 NW Overton in Portland, OR. Another building built on an extremely tight site with ground face colored architectural block.
Lemelson Winery in Carlton, OR. main building under construction.
Conversion of "The Paramount" theatre to the "Portland Theatre for the Performing Arts". This was a renovation on a very tight and busy downtown block. Pictured above are the elevator tower and emergency exit stairwells that we constructed in the center of the block with access from the alley between the theatre and the Heathman Hotel.
Automotive Garage building at SE 59th & Foster RD in Portland, OR. This is one of our many "infill" building projects on a tight site with existing occupancy of the site.
New Life Fellowship Church in Longview, WA, 1997.
Hampton Inn, Portland International Airport, 1995. Starting work on the fourth floor of this block wall/core plank floor structure adjacent to the north runway.
Strohecker's Grocery Store in the Southwest hills of Portland, OR. New brick and block building.
Temple Beth Israel in Northwest Portland, OR. New brick structure built in 1992.
The Vollum Center at Reed College in Portland, OR, 1987
Tuck Lung Chinese Restaurant/Grocery in Old Town, Portland, OR, 1978
Rolling Hills Church Addition in Tualatin, OR, 2004
1st Unitarian Church in Portland, OR - Fall 2007
Mt. Olivett Church in North Portland, OR - Summer 1993
Rite Aid in Florence, OR - Summer 2007
Department of Justice Equipment Building, Mt. Defiance, 5000 ft. elevation, Columbia River Gorge, OR - Fall 2007
Burnside Rocket in Portland, OR - Spring 2007
*Four floors plus mezzanine, CMU load-bearing walls and core plank floors built from building footprint plus 37-foot frontage at side street.
