Marquam Hill, Portland, Oregon

View of Marquam Hill and OHSU from the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge

Marquam Hill is a populated hill located just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, United States in the Homestead neighborhood. It is also called Pill Hill because it is home to Oregon Health & Science University, Portland VA Medical Center and Portland Shriners Hospital.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Marquam Hill was named for Philip A. Marquam.^[4] It is classed by the United States Geological Survey as a populated place and not as a hill.^[5] It is part of the Tualatin Mountains, along with nearby Council Crest and Portland Heights.

References

↑ "OHSU tram makes its public debut". Associated Press (KOMO). 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
↑ Frazier, Joseph B. (2007-02-03). "Tram keeps Portland on cutting edge of mass transit". Associated Press (USA Today). Retrieved 2010-01-19.
↑ Brenneman, Kristina (2000-09-29). "Williams rolls down Pill Hill and into classroom". Portland Business Journal. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 611. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
↑ "Marquam Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-19.

Neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon

Neighborhood Associations	Alameda Arbor Lodge Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Argay Arlington Heights Arnold Creek Ashcreek Beaumont-Wilshire Boise Brentwood-Darlington Bridgeton Bridlemile Brooklyn Buckman Cathedral Park Centennial Collins View Concordia Creston-Kenilworth Crestwood Cully Downtown East Columbia Eastmoreland Eliot Far Southwest Forest Park Foster-Powell Glenfair Goose Hollow Grant Park Hayden Island Hayhurst Hazelwood Healy Heights Hillsdale Hillside Hollywood Homestead Hosford-Abernethy Humboldt Irvington Kenton Kerns King Laurelhurst Lents Linnton Lloyd District Madison South Maplewood Markham Marshall Park Mill Park Montavilla Mt. Scott-Arleta Mt. Tabor Multnomah North Tabor Northwest District Northwest Heights Northwest Industrial Old Town Chinatown Overlook Parkrose Parkrose Heights Pearl District Piedmont Pleasant Valley Portsmouth Powellhurst-Gilbert Reed Richmond Rose City Park Roseway Russell Sabin St. Johns Sellwood-Moreland South Burlingame South Portland South Tabor Southwest Hills Sullivan's Gulch Sumner Sunderland Sunnyside Sylvan-Highlands University Park Vernon West Portland Park Wilkes Woodland Park Woodlawn Woodstock

Other areas	Alberta Albina Belmont Burnside Triangle Dignity Village Hawthorne Ladd's Addition Marquam Hill RiverPlace South Waterfront Westmoreland

Coordinates: 45°30′00″N 122°41′32″W / 45.500118°N 122.692318°W / 45.500118; -122.692318

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