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Christmas trees have been installed annually since Pioneer Courthouse Square opened in 1984. The 1997 tree was harvested from western Idaho. In 2003, the Portland State Vanguard said trees in past years were as tall as 90 feet. [1] Since 2002, the trees (historically Douglas firs) [2] have been donated by Stimson Lumber Company.
Pioneer Courthouse Square is a venue for speeches, political demonstrations, rallies and vigils. By Thanksgiving, a tall Christmas tree occupies the center of the square, with a tree-lighting ceremony held each year on the Friday evening after Thanksgiving. Another Christmas event in the square is Tuba Christmas.
The Courthouse itself is still in use, located in the historic district near the park at Washington Square. It was built on the site of and incorporated the ruins of the South Carolina Statehouse (1753, burned 1788), the capitol building for the Colony of South Carolina under British Rule. [2]
The Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season has begun with the traditional Turkey Trot 5K, light displays, stage plays and more.
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The Pioneer Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, United States. Built beginning in 1869, the structure is the oldest federal building in the Pacific Northwest, and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River. [4] Along with Pioneer Courthouse Square, it serves as the center of downtown Portland.
Allow Me, also known as Umbrella Man, [1] is a 1983 bronze sculpture by John Seward Johnson II, located in Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Oregon, United States.The sculpture, one of seven Allow Me casts, was donated anonymously to the City of Portland in 1984 for display in the Square.
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