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The Seward Hotel, also known as the Governor Hotel (east wing), is a historic hotel building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Built in 1909, it is one of two NRHP-listed buildings that make up the Sentinel Hotel, the other being the 1923-built Elks Temple.
The Governor Hotel was sold again in 2012, to Portland-based Provenance Hotels. [4] The company invested $6 million in renovations, and renamed the hotel the Sentinel on March 14, 2014. [5] The name is a reference to the robot-like [6] stone sentinel sculptures along the roofline of the east building (the former Seward Hotel). [5]
In 1992, the building was acquired by the Governor Hotel (then occupying the former Seward Hotel building, adjacent to the Princeton) and became the west wing of that hotel. [9] When the Governor Hotel was remodeled in 2004, the main lobby was moved to the Princeton Building or "West Wing". [9] The Governor Hotel was sold to Provenance Hotels ...
Oregon Supreme Court Building. William Christmas Knighton (December 25, 1867 – March 14, 1938) was an American architect best known for his work in Oregon. Knighton designed the Governor Hotel in Portland, Johnson Hall at the University of Oregon, and the Oregon Supreme Court Building and Deepwood Estate in Salem.
The Seward Hotel, Portland, Oregon, which was named The Governor Hotel from 1931 to 1992 and was the east wing of the Governor Hotel from 1992 to 2014; The Elks Temple (Portland, Oregon), which was the west wing of the Governor Hotel from 1992 to 2014 and housed the hotel's main entrance from 2004 to 2014
Gordon David Sondland (born July 16, 1957) [1] [2] is an American businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Provenance Hotels. Sondland is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 2018 [3] to 2020. [4]
In 1904, the house was acquired by George Earle Chamberlain, who was then in his first term as Governor of Oregon, and Chamberlain owned and occupied the house until his death in 1928. Soon after buying the house, Chamberlain remodeled the first and second floors, both interior and exterior. [4]
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first Democrat to win the presidency after the Civil War and was one of two Democratic presidents, followed by Woodrow Wilson, in an era when Republicans dominated the presidency between 1869 and 1933.