Taft Hotel (Portland, Oregon)

Title: Taft Hotel (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Alternative: Ramapo Hotel (Portland, Oregon) Danmoore Hotel (Portland, Oregon) Nortonia Hotel (Portland, Oregon) Taft House (Portland, Oregon)
Creator: Lazarus, Edgar M.
Creator Display: Edgar Marks Lazarus (architect, 1868-1939)
Description: National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1985)
View: exterior
Temporal: 1900-1909
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views hotels (public accommodations) dwellings apartment houses facilities, commercial mercantiles (buildings) health facility extended care facilities
Latitude: 45.522358
Longitude: -122.684827
Location: Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 1337 Southwest Washington Street
Date: 1906
View Date: 2010
Identifier: pna_99999
Rights: In Copyright
Rights Holder: University of Oregon
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Orignally named the Nortonia Hotel, then the Danmoore Hotel, Edgar Lazarus named this residential apartment building and hotel the Ramapo Hotel in 1909. Lazarus owned the property. The assignment of Franklin Hotel as the historic name of this building is an error. The names 'Nortonia" and 'Danmoore' were later used for other hotels. This hotel is an example of apartment houses and hotels built after the Lewis and Clark Exposition of 1905 during a decade when Portland's population grew exponentially. Teague, Edward H. "Introducing Edgar Lazarus, The Architect of Vista House," Vista House Views, FOVH Newsletter, Spring 2011, p. 1-2, 7, 9, 10-11.