Kenton Hotel

The Kenton Hotel is a historic hotel in Portland, Oregon. It was built in 1909, added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 1990,^[3] and identified as a contributing resource in the Kenton Commercial Historic District when the district was added to the National Register on September 3, 2001.

Kenton Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Portland Historic Landmark[1]
Location of Kenton Hotel in Portland
Location	8303–8319 N. Denver Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°35′00″N 122°41′14″W
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1909
Architect	Dyer & Company
Architectural style	Early Commercial
Part of	Kenton Commercial Historic District (ID01000934)
NRHP reference No.	90001522[2]
Added to NRHP	October 16, 1990

History

The building was first built by the Swift Meat Packing company in 1909. Since the building deteriorated from the 1970s to the 1980s, it was almost demolished in 1990. However, owing to its history, it was kept and added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in North Portland, Oregon

References

1. Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (October 2009), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved March 10, 2010
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
4. Milingona. "Kenton Station Restaurant and Pub | History". Retrieved June 3, 2020.

External links

Media related to Kenton Hotel at Wikimedia Commons