Sunday, August 23, 2015

South Park Blocks #12: Sovereign Hotel

1211 SW Broadway

IMG_2232 Sovereign Hotel in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Sovereign Hotel on February 15, 2010

Also on the same block as the Oregon Historical Society is the nine-story Georgian-style Sovereign Hotel which was designed by Carl L. Linde and built in 1923.

IMG_2231 Sovereign Hotel in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Sovereign Hotel on February 15, 2010

The building actually fronts on Broadway, and the Washington Ellipse is behind it. The hotel was converted to apartments in 1938.

IMG_2252 Sovereign Hotel in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Sovereign Hotel on February 15, 2010

The Sovereign Hotel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1981 and was purchased by the Oregon Historical Society in 1982.

IMG_2254 Sovereign Hotel in Portland, Oregon on February 15, 2010
Sovereign Hotel on February 15, 2010

The ground floor houses the Oregon Historical Society Museum Store. On the back of the building is a mural of the Lewis & Clark Expedition painted by Richard Haas in 1989.

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