Senate Court Apartments

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Senate Court Apartments
Portland Historic Landmark [1]
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The building in 2009
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Location203–223 NE 22nd Avenue
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′28″N122°38′38″W / 45.52457°N 122.643919°W / 45.52457; -122.643919 Coordinates: 45°31′28″N122°38′38″W / 45.52457°N 122.643919°W / 45.52457; -122.643919
Built1944
Built byDouglas W. Lowell
ArchitectRoscoe Hemenway
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 97000129
Added to NRHPFebruary 21, 1997

The Senate Court Apartments are a historic apartment building located in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is an important work in the career of Portland architect Roscoe Hemenway, [2] who generally focused on single-family residential designs. [3] In it, Hemenway employed the Colonial Revival style to draw out an air of respectability and tradition, in an effort to make apartment living more appealing to a middle-class clientele. Built in 1944 for developer Douglas W. Lowell, the complex was aimed at single women working in war industries. Lowell went on to develop over 3,000 housing units in Portland through his career. [2]

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The building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [4]

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References

  1. City of Portland, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, Historic Resources Webmap , retrieved April 27, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Tess, John M. (February 27, 1996), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Senate Court Apartments (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2017, retrieved April 27, 2022.
  3. Morrison, Jane (August 15, 1991), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Turner, Frederick, Fourplex (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on February 8, 2017, retrieved April 25, 2022.
  4. National Park Service (February 28, 1997), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/17/97 through 2/21/97, archived from the original on May 26, 2017, retrieved April 27, 2022.