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NR Nomination
Inventory Form
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
319 SW Pine St
historic name:
Multnomah Hotel
Portland, Multnomah County
current/other names:
Embassy Suites
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
1N 1E 34
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
9.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/significant
NR Status:
Individually Listed
prim constr date:
1911
second date:
1965
date indiv listed:
02/28/1985
primary orig use:
Hotel
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Beaux Arts
prim style comments:
secondary style:
Commercial (Type)
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Brick:Other/Undefined
siding comments:
secondary siding:
plan type:
architect:
Gibson & Cahill
builder:
comments/notes:
The Multnomah Hotel was developed by the hiers of R. R. Thompson under the auspices of the R. R. Thompson Estate Company of San Francisco, not John C. Ainsworth as stated in the Inventory Form. Thompson was Ainsworth's business partner in the Oregon Steamship Navigation Company. The hotel is currently operated by Embassy Suites. DJP 8-14-2015
GROUPINGS / ASSOCIATIONS
Not associated with any surveys or groupings.
SHPO INFORMATION FOR THIS PROPERTY
NR date listed:
02/28/1985
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
Special Assessment
Status
Term
End Yr
Closed
1st
2011
Federal Tax Program
Status
Start
Compl
Complete
06/01/1995
2000
Dormant
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:
