The Ambassador Apartments is a historic building in
downtown
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Portland, Oregon
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,
United States
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. Since 1979, it has been on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Described as
Jacobean, the Ambassador Apartments is unique in Portland for substituting
Idaho
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sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
instead of the
glazed terra-cotta common in the
facades and trim of structures dating from the 1920s.
It is a nine-story H-shaped building with about per floor.
[
The building has been the residence of many prominent business and professional people, including lumber company owner Louis Gerlinger Sr. during 1929-1940 and William Simon U'Ren during 1927–1949. ]Edith Green
Edith Louise Starrett Green (January 17, 1910 – April 21, 1987) was an American politician and educator from Oregon. She was the second Oregonian woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served a total of ten terms, fro ...
maintained an office on the ground floor.[ With .]
Located on prime downtown real estate, the building has now been converted into condominium
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership structure whereby a building is divided into several units that are each separately owned, surrounded by common areas that are jointly owned. The term can be applied to the building or complex ...
s. In 1999, the smallest unit available was advertised for $148,000.[King, Bart (2001). ''An Architectural Guidebook to Portland'', p. 67. Gibbs Smith.]
See also
*Architecture of Portland, Oregon
Portland architecture includes a number of notable buildings, a wide range of styles, and a few notable pioneering architects.
The scale of many projects is relatively small, as a result of the relatively small size of downtown-Portland blocks (2 ...
*
References
External links
Bidwell and Co. Building (Emporis)
Residential buildings completed in 1922
Residential condominiums in the United States
Apartment buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Oregon
1922 establishments in Oregon
Carl L. Linde buildings
Tudor Revival architecture in Oregon
Southwest Portland, Oregon
Portland Historic Landmarks
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