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NR Nomination
Inventory Form
Inventory Document
LOCATION AND PROPERTY NAME
address:
611-619 SW 10th Ave
historic name:
Seward Hotel
Portland, Multnomah County
current/other names:
Governor Hotel, Sentinal Hotel
assoc addresses:
block/lot/tax lot:
location descr:
twnshp/rng/sect/qtr sect:
1N 1E 34
PROPERTY CHARACTERISTICS
resource type:
Building
height (stories):
5.0
total elig resources:
1
total inelig resources:
elig evaluation:
eligible/significant
NR Status:
Individually Listed
prim constr date:
1909
second date:
date indiv listed:
02/28/1985
primary orig use:
Hotel
orig use comments:
second orig use:
primary style:
Chicago School
prim style comments:
secondary style:
sec style comments:
primary siding:
Brick:Other/Undefined
siding comments:
secondary siding:
Terra Cotta: Other/Undefined
plan type:
architect:
Knighton, William C
builder:
comments/notes:
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:
02/28/1985
ILS survey date:
RLS survey date:
03/01/1980
Gen file date:
10/28/2015
Special Assessment
Status
Term
End Yr
Closed
2nd
2019
Closed
1st
2001
Federal Tax Program
Status
Start
Compl
Complete
1995
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:
