"Oregon's exhibits at the fair were housed in the Forestry Building, the world's largest log cabin, which was designed to show the world the immense bounties of Oregon's forests. The Forestry Building sat between Upshur and Vaughn at 28th, where the Old Forestry Condominiums now sit."

"The Forestry Building, a uniquely Northwest landmark of old growth and unpeeled timbers, went into a period of neglect after the fair, intersperses with periodic spasms of civic concern. Despite not being adequately maintained, it continued to be a tourist attraction, and its park like grounds remained popular until the building burned to the ground in 1964."

Wikipedia: World Forestry Center

The World Forestry Center has its roots in the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair for which an enormous log cabin was built of huge native trees and advertised as the world's largest.^[3] Public interest in the Forestry Building, which was turned over to the State of Oregon, lasted long after the exposition ended, right up until it was destroyed by fire on August 17, 1964.^[2]

The day after the fire, a group of civic and industry leaders conceived The Western Forestry Center.^{[citation needed]} A new, more fire-resistant forestry building designed by Oregon architect John Storrs was built in Washington Park.^{[citation needed]} It opened to the public on June 5, 1971.^[1] The name was changed to "World Forestry Center" in 1986 to reflect the center's revised focus on forestry on a global scale.^[2][4]

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