Clovelly Garden Apartments

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Clovelly Garden Apartments
Portland Historic Landmark [1]
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Location6309 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°34′05″N122°39′42″W / 45.567923°N 122.661675°W / 45.567923; -122.661675
Built1928
Architect Carl L. Linde
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 83002169
Added to NRHPMay 19, 1983

The Clovelly Garden Apartments, also known as Holman Gardens, are a historic apartment complex located in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1928 in the Tudor Revival style, they are a fine example of the garden apartments popular in Portland in the late 1920s and early 1930s. They were designed by prominent architect Carl L. Linde (1864–1945) under commission to George Nease (1874–1958), an influential timber businessman. They contain light fixtures designed by Fred Baker (1887–1981), recognized as a master lighting designer in Portland in that period. [2]

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The apartments were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [3]

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References

  1. City of Portland, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Historic Resources Webmap , retrieved April 29, 2021.
  2. Tess, John M. (September 24, 1982), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Clovelly Garden Apartments (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on February 15, 2017, retrieved April 24, 2021.
  3. "Department of the Interior, National Park Service: National Register of Historic Places; Annual Listing of Historic Properties", 49 Fed. Reg. 4608 (February 7, 1984), at 4663.