Hotel Lucia

The Hotel Lucia,[4][5] formerly the Imperial Hotel, is a historic hotel building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1909 as an extension of the adjacent, original Imperial Hotel.[6] The original Imperial building was made into a separate hotel in 1949, renamed the Plaza Hotel, and after a period of non-hotel use in the 1980s it today operates as the Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland.

This article is about the former Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon, that is now named Hotel Lucia. For the former Imperial Hotel in Portland that is now named Hotel Vintage Portland, see Imperial Hotel (Portland, Oregon).

New Imperial Hotel
The Hotel Lucia, former Imperial Hotel, in 2011
Hotel Lucia is located in Portland, Oregon
Hotel Lucia
Location within downtown Portland
Location400 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon
Coordinates45°31′16″N 122°40′42″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1909
ArchitectWhidden & Lewis[1]
Architectural style20th Century Commercial;[1] Early Commercial[2]
NRHP reference No.03001068[2][3]
Added to NRHPOctober 24, 2003

The 1909 building retained its original name until 2002, when the Aspen Hotel Group purchased it, remodeled it as a boutique hotel, and renamed it Hotel Lucia.[7]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, listed as New Imperial Hotel[1][3] and described as having Early Commercial architecture.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Site Information: New Imperial Hotel". Oregon Historic Sites Database. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  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. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  4. Lenhart, Maria (1999). Hidden Oregon (Second ed.). Ulysses Press. p. 36. ISBN 1-56975-107-2.
  5. "Hotel Lucia, Portland - Emporis.com". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2006. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  6. "Guide to the Phil Metschan Family Papers 1855-1963". Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA). Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  7. "New Owners Plan to Revamp Downtown Portland, Ore., Hotel". The Oregonian. December 7, 2007. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  8. "National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon". Nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. American Dreams, Inc. Retrieved November 18, 2013.


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