Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, as well as two other Portland properties associated with Black history, are now on the National Register of Historic Places.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Northeast Portland salon is celebrating some 68 years in business. That’s a huge achievement in itself, but the family that started it has also created a legacy of now truly historical proportions.
Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop at 215 Northeast Hancock Street is the oldest, continually-operated Black-owned business in Oregon. In February, they were added to the National Register of Historic Places. They’ll celebrate that honor this weekend, though the owner says every day at
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