Merchants Hotel | |
Portland Historic Landmark[1] | |
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| Location | 121 NW Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon |
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| Coordinates | 45°31′27.4″N 122°40′21.7″W / 45.524278°N 122.672694°W |
| Built | 1880–1884 |
| Architect | Warren Heywood Williams |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Part of | Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District (ID75001597) |
| Designated CP | December 6, 1975 |
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The Merchant Hotel, also known as the Merchants' Hotel, is a historic former hotel building in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located at 121 N.W. Second Avenue in Old Town Chinatown. It is a contributing property in the Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District,[2]: 18–19 which was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977.[2]: 103 It is one of the few remaining examples of Victorian Italianate, cast iron architecture on the West Coast.[3] It occupies half of a city block, specifically along the south side of N.W. Davis Street from Second to Third Avenues.[4]
- ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2014), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved February 1, 2015.
- ^ a b Portland Bureau of Planning (April 4, 2008). "National Historic Landmark Nomination (Revised Documentation): Skidmore/Old Town Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ^ "Merchant Hotel Building to Receive Seismic Upgrade". Portland Business Journal. March 22, 2004. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
- ^ "North Burnside: Saving some of the last century [regarding building preservation and restoration in Old Town]" (January 2, 1972). The Sunday Oregonian, p. F1.