Oregon Humanities

Oregon Council for the Humanities relocates in downtown Portland

New building owners, staff and program growth spur the move, effective September 2008.

18 August 2008

For only the third time in its 37-year history, the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH), an independent nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust, will relocate its offices.
OCH has been in the Stevens Building at 812 SW Washington St., Portland, for nearly 20 years and will move to new offices in the Woodlark Building, 813 SW Alder St., Suite 702, Portland, OR 97205. To accommodate the relocation, OCH will be closed to public beginning August 25 and will reopen on September 8.
Cara Ungar-Gutierrez, OCH executive director, says that two key factors precipitated this move. First, in February 2008, OCH was notified that the Church of Scientology had purchased the... More