Cachot Therkelsen (March 30, 1894-May 12, 1964) was a realtor in Portland, Oregon and founded the Therkelsen Investment Company. The collection includes drawings that he collected of architects' original plans and specifications of projects.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries Special Collections & University Archives
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical Note
Cachot Therkelsen was born on March 30, 1894 in San Francisco, California, and was educated at Stanford University. In 1921 he commenced business as a realtor in Portland, Oregon, first with various associates, and on his own after 1935. He founded the Therkelsen Investment Company. In addition to buying and selling residences and commercial buildings, he also collected original plans and specifications to asses property values for investment purposes.
Mr. Therkelsen lived in Palatine Hill, a prestigious area in Portland, with his wife and daughter. He died on May 12, 1964 at the age of 70.
Content Description
The Cachot Therkelsen Collection consists primarily of architectural drawings. They are arranged by type of building and include plans of apartments, banks, office buildings, hotels, residences, stores, and theaters. Major Architects whose work in represented include: Emil Schacht, Martin Schacht, John Bennes, A. E. Doyle, and Edgar Lazarus. An index by architect appears at the end of the finding aid. The drawings are stored in flat file drawers 1-7.
The collection also contains 28 free-standing volumes of statistical material on building properties, rental and lease records, and appraisal records. The list of volumes is not yet listed in this finding aid.
Finally, twelve albums of photographs of buildings primarily in Oregon and Washington are stored separately in the photograph collection.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Cachot Therkelsen Collection, Coll. 094, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Series: Drawings
Series: Architect Index for the Cachot Therkelsen Collection
Acquisition Information :
Gift of Cachot Therkelsen.
Processing Note :
Collection processed by processing staff, July 1985.
Separated Materials :
Photographs in this collection are stored separately under call number PH140
H39. Mr. Helmer Papst, tent lodge, Schacht and Bergen, architects
10 sheets, 5 blueprints, various notes
March 2, 1925
59
H40. Hilmar Papst, garage and service wing for residence. Martin Schacht, architect
2 sheets, 2 blueprints
October 30, 1931
60
H41. George Pope, Hampden Grange, Oregon. Emil Schacht, architect
7 sheets
60
H42. Post, Fort Liscum, Alaska. Non-com-officers quarters
1 blueprint
60
H43. E. C. Reed Arlington Heights. John V. Bennes, architect
15 sheets
1922
60
H44. William Reid, port cochire. Schacht and Bergen, architects
3 sheets, 1 blueprint
1932
60
H45. F. J. Riordan, plot plan only. Emil Schacht, architect
1 sheet
1923
61
H46. F. J. Riordan, Laurelhurst. Emil Schacht, architect
8 sheets, 10 blueprints
1923
61
H47. Clarence B. Sewell, Ardmore and Park Avenue. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
13 sheets
62
H48. William Sheppard. Schacht and Son, architects
20 sheets
1912
62
H49. Captain J. A. Sladen. Whidden and Lewis, architects
3 blueprints
63
H50. Walter V. Smith, Portland Heights, Portland, Oregon. Emil Schacht, architect
17 sheets
63
H51. H. P. Sorenson, Quimby Street. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
13 sheets
1903
64
H52. Larry Sullivan, 18th and Irving. Emil Schacht, architect
6 sheets
64
H53. Mrs. Mary E. Tichner, residence. John Bennes, architect
9 sheets
64
H54. Mrs. Bert Tongue. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
7 blueprints
August 17, 1909
64
H55. Mrs. E. D. Tscharner, Tillamook and 43rd, Portland, Oregon. Rosemere addition. Martin Schacht, architect
5 blueprints
1918
65
H56. W. J. Vanschuyver, 25th and Marshall. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
11 sheets
65
H57. J. A. Veness, Winlock, Washington. Emil Schacht, architect
28 blueprints, 7 sheets
65
H58. L. J. Wentworth, Hancock Street. Portland, Oregon. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
13 sheets, 2 documents
1911
65
H59. Mr. Isam White residence. Emil Schacht, architect
1 blueprint
undated
65
H60. Richard Wilder. David C. Lewis, architect
7 blueprints, 1 sheet
1914
65
H61. Miscellaneous house plans. Emil Schacht, architect
3 sheets, 1 blueprint
Restaurants
Folder
66
I1. The Golden Point for the Golden Hamburger Drive-in Corporation. Barancik, Conte and Associates, architects
November 7, 1958
Stores
Folder
67
J1. Alteration to stores for Arata Brothers. Emil Schacht and sons, architects
3 sheets
December 28, 1910
67
J2. Store building for Beno An Ballis. Emil Schacht, architect
6 sheets
67
J3. Store building for F. Bickel. Emil Schacht, architect
2 sheets
February 14, 1916
67
J4.Building for A. O. Bjelland. Emil Schacht, architect
9 sheets
67
J5. Blumauer-Frank Drug Company. Labbe Brothers, owners. John Bennes, architect
10 sheets
68
J6. Building for Mrs. Anna Chaperon. Schacht and Bergen, architects
12 sheets, 6 blueprints, and various sketches.
July 23, 1923
69
J7. Building for Messrs. Closet and Shaw (alteration to). Martin Schacht, architect
13 sheets, 7 blueprints, plus other material about building
August 21, 1925
69
J8. New premises for Columbia Hardware Company. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
10 sheets
August 1909
70
J9. Building for Dorothea Danziger Estate. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
10 sheets
June 12, 1909
70
J10. Business block for Messrs. Eichenlaub and Weigel.Emil Schacht and Son, architects
9 sheets
70
J11. Excelsior Laundry, 9th and Davis Street. Emil Schacht, architect
11 sheets, 1 blueprint
71
J12. Store building for A. Farsos. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
5 sheets
December 1, 1913
71
J13. Fenton building for Percy Blyth. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
8 sheets
September 1, 1916
71
J14. Store building for Fred Dresser, Company. Emil Schacht, architect
5 sheets.
72
J15. G. Freiwald Building. Emil Schacht, architect
29 sheets
June 12, 1906
73
J16. Building for George Friewald Esquire. Emil Schacht, architect
7 sheets
June 15, 1906
73
J17. Gasco-Motor-Fuel for Portland Gas and Coke Company. Schacht and Bergen, architects
14 sheets, 4 blueprints, 1 pamphlet
July 7, 1924
74
J18. Gunderson Building. J. E. Wicks, architect
11 blueprints
June 8, 1923
74
J19. Building got E. J. Haight Emil Schacht, architect
17 sheets
January 2, 1909
74
J20. Store for E. T. Halton. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
1 sheet
undated
74
J21. Store building fro Sol Hart. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
2 sheets
September 22, 1914
75
J22. Plans for store building with alteration to house, for M. Hasson. Martin Schacht, architect
12 sheets, 27 sketches and preliminary drawings
August 20, 1925
76
J23. Building for Joseph Healy. MacNaughton and Raymond, architects
5 blueprints
April 25, 1911
76
J24. Building for Hexter and Strause. John Bennes, architect
6 sheets
October 1916
76
J25. Building for Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hollinshead. Sutton and Whitney, architects
24 blueprints
September 20, 1928; September 2, 1932.
77
J26. Building for Marcus Hunt. Emil Schacht, architect
3 sheets
77
J27. Building for Anton Huth. John Bennes, architect
11 sheets
August 1916
77
J28. Building fro Messrs. Kelly Breitbarth and Company. John Bennes, architect
11 sheets
October 18, 1921
78
J30. Building for Robert Kinney. Schacht and Bergen, architects
15 sheets and various notes and sketches
October 18, 1923
79
J31. Building fro Messrs. Koshland and Holzman. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
1909
79
J32. Sales building for Labbe Brothers. John Bennes, architect
5 sheets
March 19, 1919
79
J33. Garage building for Labbe Brothers. John Bennes, architect
2 sheets
September 19, 1919
79
J34. Store for Lane Investment Company. A. E. Doyle and Associates, architects
1 blueprint
January 18, 1940
79
J35. Building for A. L. Levey. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
8 sheets, 2 blueprints
October 2, 1911
79
J37. Liberty Laundry building for L. Q. Swetland. Chas Ertz, architect
5 blueprints
January 6, 1922
80
J38. Lowengart Building (alteration to). Martin Schacht and Carl Linde, architects
25 sheets, 24 blueprints, 17 sketches.
May 15, 1930
80
J39. Store Building fro Lowengart and Company. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
15 sheets
81
J40. Business block for Max and George Lowenson. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
34 sheets, 3 blueprints
March 29, 1910
82
J41. Marcus Fried and Company (alterations to). Emil Schacht and Son, architects
5 sheets
January 16, 1912
82
J43. Building for Meier and Frank Company. Doyle and Patterson, architects
8 blueprints
May 1914
82
J44. Store of Frederick Miller (alterations to). Schacht and Bergen, architects
5 sheets, 1 blueprint
July 10, 1924
82
J46. Garage and Store building for Pacific Properties Company. A. E. Doyle, architect
1 blueprint
June 21, 1926
82
J47. Building for Provey Brothers. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
7 sheets
82
J48. Store for Ira F. Powers (alteration to) at 3rd and Yamhill. Portland, Oregon
1 sheet
February 1923
82
J49. Stores for Sol Rosenfeld. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
2 sheets
July 23, 1912
83
J51. Building for Russell and Blyth. Emil Schacht, architect
12 sheets
April 11, 1916
83
J53. Alteration to building for J. Sourapas. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
4 sheets
August 28, 1912
83
J54. Building for Helen F. Spauling Estate. Sutton and Whitney, architects
12 blueprints
October 1917
84
J55. Building for Star Brewery Company. Emil Schacht, architect
11 sheets
84
J57. Sunset Tire Corporation. Martin Schacht, architect
2 sheets.
October 31, 1930
84
J59. Building for Cachot Therkelsen. Houghtaling and Dougan, architects
3 sheets.
84
J60. Building for Therkelsen Investment Company. Carl Linde, architect
6 blueprints
September 1925
84
J61. Store building for Toll Thompson. Emil Schacht, architect
6 sheets
June 1906
84
J62. Business block for Mrs. C. E. Trimble. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
5 sheets.
December 27, 1910
85
J63. Garage building for E. D. VanDersal. Emil Schacht, architect
12 sheets.
July 26. 1919
85
J64. Laundry building for C. F. Wagener. Emil Schacht, architect
1 blueprint (missing
1914
85
J67. Widby, Hadley Building. John Bennes, architect
1 sheet.
85
J68. Department store building for George Wolff. Marcus Priteca, architect
3 blueprints, 1 sheet
85
J69. Alterations to Woodlark Building for Sherman, Clay and Company. William Grant architect
8 blueprints.
September 1929
85
J70. Store and Elks Lodge. Davis Bg. Company
1 blueprint
February 28, 1925
85
J74. Store building at 126 Tenth Street. Sutton and Whitney, architects
3 blueprints
August 11, 1931
86
J75. Store, Elks Lodge, submitted by Cachot Therkelson
2 sheets
86
J76. Store building at S.W. Park and Davis Streets. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
7 sheets
December 19, 1910
86
J77. Remodeling of building at 1414 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Washington. V. M. Voorhees, architect
4 blueprints.
86
J78. Building at Hawthorne and Union Avenue. Emil Schacht, architect
3 sheets, 1 blueprint
June 19, 1930
86
J79. Proposed building, 12th and Commercial Streets, Astoria, Oregon. J. E. Wicks, architect
3 blueprints.
January 29, 1937
Theaters
Folder
87
K1. Theater building for Mr. Jos Closset. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
1 sheet, 20 blueprints.
May 21, 1914
87
K2. Theater, store and office building for Columbia Improvement Corporataion. John Bennes and Harry Herzog, architect
7 blueprints.
88
K5. Temple Theater and stores. John Bennes, architect
7 sheets, 6 blueprints
August 5, 1919
88
K6. Theater and stores. Sutton and Whitney, architects
1 blueprints
July 3, 1928
88
K7. Theater sketch. Sutton and Whitney, architects
2 blueprints
July 3, 1928
88
K8. A Proposed Moving Picture Theatre, Portland, Oregon, E. J. T. Hoffman, architect
3 blueprints.
Row Houses
Folder
89
L1. Frank Wilder, flatson E. Burside, Portland, Oregon. Emil Schacht, architect
10 sheets
89
L2. M. Nelson, four houses on 6th and Holliday, Portland, Oregon. Emil Schacht, architect
14 sheets
90
L3. C. V. Lankin, flats on Bupont and Larabee Street. Emil Schacht, architect
8 sheets
90
L4. Goldsmith and Tilzer, 6 houses on Marshall between 18th and 19th, Portland, Oregon. Emil Schacht, architect
16 sheets.
91
L5. Russell and Blyth. Emil Schacht, architect
House Number 2, Thurman Street, 5 sheets -- House Number 4, Franklin Street, 9 sheets -- House Number 14, Willamette Heights, 10 sheets -- House, Franklin Street, 12 sheets. -- House, Thurman Street, 7 sheets
92
L6. Mr. C. Minzinger, flats, East 13th and Weidler. Emil Schacht, architect
17 sheets.
Miscellaneous Materials
Folder
93
Miscellaneous materials
Oversized Material
Folder
94
A8. Apartment house for S. Silverfield. Emil Schacht and son, architects
March 30, 1909
94
A11. Flats for Martin Winch. Emil Schacht, architect
9 sheets
95
B7. First National Bank Building and Office Building. The Dalles, Oregon. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
17 sheets
February 15, 1911
95
B8. First National Bank Building, Astoria, Oregon. Schacht and Bergen, architects
45 sheets and sketches, 11 blueprints
June 22, 1923
95
B11. Store and bank building for F. D. McCully. Emil Schacht and son, architects
5 sheets
June 9, 1910
96
C16. Portland Brewing Company. Schacht and Bergen, architects
22 sheets
May 4, 1924
96
C27. 1,000,000 bushel grain elevator at St. John's Terminal. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
12 sheets
February 28, 1918
96
D4. Store, office, and Masonic Lodge, Corvallis for Masonic Building Association. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
10 sheets, 6 blueprints, 8 whiteprints
97
E1. Store and hotel for J. W. Cook. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
24 sheets
97
E2. Cornelius Hotel for Dr. C. W. Cornelius. Bennes, Hendricks, and Tobey, architects
24 sheets
May 1907
Oversized Material
Folder
98
E9. Hot Lake Sanitarium, Hot Lake, Oregon. John V. Bennes, Hendricks, and Lovey, architects
9 sheets, 6 blueprints
98
E10. Hotel Prineville for Prineville Hotel Company. John Bennes, architect
22 sheets
August 8, 1922
98
E13. Oregon Hotel, for S. Benson. Doyle, Patterson, Beach, architects
5 blueprints
December 1911
99
E16. Hotel for A. B. and L. N. Scott. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
18 sheets
March 1912
99
E23. Building for H. W. Wallace. Emil Schacht, Architect
11 sheets
99
F5. Skating rink for W. D. McCully Esquire Joseph, Oregon. Emil Schacht, architect
1 sheet
99
F7. Stable for Peter Schulderman. Vancouver, Washington. Emil Schacht, architect
6 sheets, 1 blueprint
100
G1. Building for Bollam Investments, Portland, Oregon. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
22 sheets
100
G2. Clark Woodard Drug Company. Hendricks and Tobey, architects
21 sheets
101
G10. G. and H. Lawrence Building. Emil Schacht, Architect
1911
102
G11. Maegly-Titchener Building. Emil Schacht and Son, H. P. Bergen, architects
55 sheets, 28 blueprints
October 1910-December 1910
103
G12. Office building for Marcus Freid and Company. Email Schacht and Son, architects
38 sheets, 4 blueprints
1909-1910
103
G13. Matschiner Building. Schacht and Bergen, architects
18 sheets
April 9, 1924
104
J29. Store for Keystone Investment Company. Schacht and Bergen, architects
January 17, 1923
104
J36. Business block for C. H. Lewis. D. C. Lewis, architect
8 blueprints
104
J42. Store and apartment building for John Matschiner. Schacht and Bergen, architects
17 sheets
March 10, 1924
104
J45. Building for R. B. Mutzig. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
6 sheets.
Jul y 22, 1913
104
J50. Store for Rushlight, Hastorf and Lord, Incorporated. Bennes and Herzog, architects
16 sheets
February 24, 1927
104
J52. Brick building for A. M. and L. Scott. Emil Schacht and Son, architects
4 sheets
December 12, 1910
105
J56. Store and rooming house for Dr. Joseph Sternberg. Bennes and Hendricks, architects
19 sheets
March 15, 1912
105
J58. Automotive building for F. E. Taylor. Schacht and Bergen, architects
27 sheets, 31 blueprints
December 29, 1923
105
J65. Store building for Waters and Adolp. Knighton and Howell, architects
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