Ambassador Apartments (Portland, Oregon)

Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

United States historic place


Ambassador Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Portland Historic Landmark

Upper floors detail in 2007.
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Location	1209 SW 6th Avenue Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°30′56″N 122°40′51″W / 45.515629°N 122.680852°W / 45.515629; -122.680852
Built	1922
Architect	Carl L. Linde
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	79003738
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1979

The Ambassador Apartments is a historic building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Since 1979, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places.

Described as Jacobean, the Ambassador Apartments is unique in Portland for substituting Idaho sandstone instead of the glazed terra-cotta common in the facades and trim of structures dating from the 1920s.

It is a nine-story H-shaped building with about 6,000 square feet (560 m) per floor.

The building has been the residence of many prominent business and professional people, including lumber company owner Louis Gerlinger Sr. during 1929-1940 and William Simon U'Ren during 1927–1949. Edith Green maintained an office on the ground floor.

Located on prime downtown real estate, the building has now been converted into condominiums. In 1999, the smallest unit available was advertised for $148,000.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved October 28, 2013.
^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
^ Sheila Finch (September 7, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ambassador Apartments". National Park Service. Retrieved August 8, 2017. With eight photos from 1932 and 1978.
King, Bart (2001). An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, p. 67. Gibbs Smith.

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