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'''''The following background is paraphrased from a master plan completed at the behest of the City of Portland.<ref>Carleton Hart Architecture PC. (2013). ''SFC Jerome F. Sears Operations Center Master Plan''. City of Portland.</ref>'''''  
'''''The following background is paraphrased from a master plan completed at the behest of the City of Portland.<ref>Carleton Hart Architecture PC. (2013). ''SFC Jerome F. Sears Operations Center Master Plan''. City of Portland.</ref>'''''  


The U.S. Army Reserve Center (USAR Center) is located within the southwest Portland neighborhood of Multnomah. The site and buildings were developed by the U.S. Army Reserve at the end of the 1950s to serve as an operations and mobilization center for the south end of Portland. An almost identical facility was concurrently completed in North Portland, and named the 2nd Lt. Alfred Sharff Army Reserve Center. The South Portland facility was officially renamed the “Sergeant First Class Jerome F. Sears United States Army Reserve Center”. SFC Sears posthumously received the Distinguished Service Cross for acts of [https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/7306 extraordinary heroism] during the Korean War.
The U.S. Army Reserve Center is located within the southwest Portland neighborhood of Multnomah. The site and buildings were developed by the U.S. Army Reserve at the end of the 1950s to serve as an operations and mobilization center for the south end of Portland. An almost identical facility was concurrently completed in North Portland, and named the 2nd Lt. Alfred Sharff Army Reserve Center. The South Portland facility was officially renamed the “Sergeant First Class Jerome F. Sears United States Army Reserve Center”. SFC Sears posthumously received the Distinguished Service Cross for acts of [https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/7306 extraordinary heroism] during the Korean War.


The site contains three principal buildings, along with one small outbuilding. The Reserve Center (constructed 1959) is the initial and principal building on the site, with its main entry facing Multnomah Blvd. This building was subsequently renamed the SFC Jerome F. Sears Hall. The Maintenance Shop (constructed 1959) sits near the north property line and within the fence enclosure. Adjacent to it is a three-sided cinderblock hazardous materials building. The Storage Building (constructed 2000) is located near the west properly line and adjacent to auditorium portion of Sears Hall.
The site contains three principal buildings, along with one small outbuilding. The Reserve Center (constructed 1959) is the initial and principal building on the site, with its main entry facing Multnomah Blvd. This building was subsequently renamed the SFC Jerome F. Sears Hall. The Maintenance Shop (constructed 1959) sits near the north property line and within the fence enclosure. Adjacent to it is a three-sided cinderblock hazardous materials building. The Storage Building (constructed 2000) is located near the west properly line and adjacent to auditorium portion of Sears Hall.
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