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LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
222 NW Davis St
historic name:
Merchants Hotel
Portland, Multnomah County
current/other names:
assoc addresses:
121-139 NW 2nd Ave; 120-136 NW 3rd Ave
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
1N 1E 34
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
4.0
total elig resources:
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/contributing
NR Status:
Listed in Historic District
prim constr date:
1880
second date:
1884
date indiv listed:
primary orig use:
Hotel
orig use comments:
second orig use:
Department Store
primary style:
Italianate
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Brick:Other/Undefined
siding comments:
secondary siding:
Cast Iron
plan type:
architect:
Williams, Warren H (?)
builder:
comments/notes:
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Survey/Grouping Included In:
Type of Grouping
Date Listed
Date Compiled
Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District (NHL)
Listed Historic District
12/06/1975
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
N/A
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
Special Assessment
Status
Term
End Yr
Closed
2nd
2011
Federal Tax Program
Status
Start
Compl
Complete
07/01/2004
2010
106 Project(s):
None
ARCHITECTURAL / PROPERTY DESCRIPTION
(Includes expanded description of the building/property, setting, significant landscape features, outbuildings and alterations)
Refer to scanned documents links.
HISTORY
(Chronological, descriptive history of the property from its construction through at least the historic period - preferably to the present)
Refer to scanned documents links.
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:
Bibliography:
