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Inventory Form
Inventory Document

LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:801-809 SW Alder St historic name:Cornelius Hotel
Portland, Multnomah County current/other names:
assoc addresses:523-525 SW Park Ave
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr: twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:1N 1E 34
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:Building height (stories):6.5 total elig resources:1 total inelig resources:
elig evaluation: eligible/significant NR Status: Individually Listed
prim constr date:1908 second date:1920 date indiv listed:02/27/1986
primary orig use: Hotel orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style: Renaissance prim style comments:
secondary style: sec style comments:
primary siding: Brick:Other/Undefined siding comments:
secondary siding: Terra Cotta: Other/Undefined
plan type: architect:Bennes, John V; Hendricks & Tobey
builder:
comments/notes:
In 2010 the City of Portland granted owners permission to warehouse the building for protection purposes while they try to secure funding for rehabilitation of the building. (sqh - 2010) 5/31/2013: TMT Development has filed a permit to demolish the building according to the Daily Journal of Commerce article. JES. 9/15/2015 - Hotel to join Woodlark Building to become one building within 18 months TZ.
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In: Type of Grouping Date Listed Date Compiled
   Portland Downtown Glazed Terra Cotta Buildings Thematic Grouping 1980
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed: 02/27/1986
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date: 04/01/1980
Gen file date: 10/29/2015
Special Assessment
Status Term End Yr
Complete 2nd  2025
Closed 2nd  2015
Federal Tax Program
Status Start Compl
Complete 02/01/2016  2019
Dormant 03/01/2008  
106 Project(s): None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
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HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
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RESEARCH INFORMATION
Title Records Census Records Property Tax Records Local Histories
Sanborn Maps Biographical Sources SHPO Files Interviews
Obituaries Newspapers State Archives Historic Photographs
City Directories Building Permits State Library
Local Library: University Library:
Historical Society: Other Respository:
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