 Rakazvitsaurirwa musi waSeptember 22, 1888, pakuyeuka Stephen G. Skidmore, mupfumi aiita zvemishonga muPortland uyo akafa muna 1883, uye rakanga rakatsigirwa nemari nechido chake. Yakagadzirwa nomuvezi Olin Levi Warner nokuda kwe 18,000, yose iyo yakapiwa. Yakagadzirwa pashure pematsime Skidmore akatarisa muVersailles pakushanyira kwake 1878 Paris Expositionuye rakagadzirirwa kuti mabhiza, varume nembwa vanwe mariri. Henry Weinhard akazvipira kupomba doro muchitubu pakutsaurirwa. Icho chinyorwa chevanhu vose chakare zvikurusa chePortland. 