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The Portland Public Service Building, better known as the Portland Building, has gotten its due. The 29-year-old building was listed officially on the National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 25, according to a National Parks Service document .

National Register listing means that major changes to the building will require historic review, and also that certain rehabilitation projects will be eligible for historic tax credits.

The Portland Building’s listing on the National Register is unusual because the building is much younger than the 50-year cutoff that usually designates a historic building. The Portland Building was completed in 1982, making it just 29 years old.

Architect Michael Graves said via email he was honored and proud of the building.

“It pleases me tremendously that the Portland Building has been given National Historic Register designation,” he said.  “The building occupies such a pivotal place in the architecture of the last quarter of the 20^th century and its appropriateness for historic status has now been confirmed.  The building represents the first of many which have helped redefine the traditional urban fabric of our cities.”

Because the Portland Building is a public building, anyone could nominate it for historic listing. In this case, the building’s nomination was prepared was Peter Meijer Architects.