Frank M. Warren, Sr.

Frank Manley Warren Sr. (May 10, 1848 – April 15, 1912) was a prominent American businessman from Oregon who made his fortune in the salmon canning industry. The community of Warrendale, Oregon, the site of one of his canneries, was named for him. He died in the sinking of .

Biography Warren was born on May 10, 1848, in Ellsworth, Maine, and came to the Oregon Territory with his parents, Francis M. Warren and Elizabeth Dyer Warren, when he was 3. The family lived on a donation land claim in Rainier, Oregon. When Frank Warren was 9, the family moved to Portland. When he was 15 he worked for Wells Fargo; he also worked for Ladd & Tilton Bank.

Warren founded the Warren Packing Company, a salmon canning business, and was considered a pioneer of the salmon canning industry on the Columbia River, building his first cannery at Cathlamet, Washington, in 1869. He later built a cannery in Warrendale, which was also the site of a state-run fish hatchery in 1889 and 1890.

The Warrens were members of the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Portland. In the 1890s the Warrens were active members of the church and their patronage helped acquire the land and complete the church building next to the South Park Blocks.

Titanic Frank and Anna Warren boarded Titanic at Cherbourg and were traveling first class. Anna Warren survived the sinking of Titanic on April 15, 1912, after Frank Warren helped her onto a lifeboat and then stepped back onto the ship. Warren's other son George worked for the Warren Packing Company as well.

Homes Francis Warren's house was located at SW Salmon Street and 9th Avenue in downtown Portland; today the parking structure for the Heathman Hotel is located at the site. Governor George Earle Chamberlain bought the house in 1904.

After moving from 9th and Salmon, Frank Warren Sr. moved to a home designed by Whidden & Lewis at 969 SW St. Clair Avenue (originally 215 W St. Clair Street) in Portland's West Hills. It was designed by Joseph Jacobberger and built in 1904 for Frank Warren Jr.