Schoolhouse

Hand-wires lighting fixtures in Portland

The pioneer of modern heritage industrial design, translating archival 20th-century Americana into heirloom-grade architectural lighting and mechanical timepieces.

Shop Schoolhouse Reviewed 15 Aug 2026

From Schoolhouse

Alabax Large Flush Mount

$229

Mid-century General Electric-inspired sculpted ceramic canopy, hand-cast, trimmed, and glazed in Portland.

Alabax Medium Flush Mount

$199

Compact tulip-silhouette surface fixture slip-cast from heavy ceramic with a porcelain socket and damp-rated finish.

Princeton Long Plug-In Sconce

$179

Solid heavy-gauge brass wall fixture machined and hand-buffed in Portland with an articulating arm and exposed socket.

What we found

Owned here

Founded in 2003 by Brian Faherty and based in Portland, Oregon.

Source

Schoolhouse was founded in 2003 in Portland, Oregon to preserve American manufacturing and historic lighting design.

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Local

Made here

Fixtures are hand-wired, bench-assembled, and tested in their Portland, OR factory building.

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Our lighting fixtures are assembled, wired, and tested by hand in our Portland, Oregon factory.

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Local

Materials

Uses solid heavy-gauge brass, spun steel, turned American hardwood, and hand-blown glass.

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We craft using solid brass, American steel, hand-blown glass, and domestic hardwoods.

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Partly local

Shipped from here

Restored 1910 factory headquarters, design studio, and fulfillment center based in Industrial Northwest Portland, OR.

Source

Our headquarters, manufacturing floor, and showroom are located in Portland, Oregon.

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Local

Sources we checked

Schoolhouse Portland Oregon factory wiring and domestic assembly

Reviewed 15 Aug 2026. Next check by 15 Feb 2027.