The Cornelius Hotel is a former hotel building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by John V. Bennes's firm, and constructed in 1907â€"08.
The seven-story building is categorized as being 20th-century Baroque Revival architecture, and contains 66 hotel rooms. It was operated by Charles W. Cornelius, who named the hotel for his family and his brother, Colonel Thomas R. Cornelius. Their father founded the town of Cornelius west of Portland after emigrating to Oregon with Joseph Meek.
The building has a "dramatic coffered ceiling in the lobby" and a French sheet metal mansard roof with cornice and entablature, and exterior masonry and terra-cotta. It included a ground-floor wood storefront that was once a "Ladies Reception Hall" and an "opulent" basement cafe. "Ornate wood paneling and trim" was included throughout the building.
The Cornelius served as a gay bathhouse in the 1960s and 1970s, and was then empty for years. In 2002, TMT Development, developer Tom Moyer's real estate company, purchased the property for $2.4Â million with plans to renovate the building. The renovated business-class hotel was to be reopened by June 2009 with the name "Alder Park Hotel", following a period where it was home to trespassers for many years after the 1980s. The 2008 financial crisis, however, halted work on the project, as well as Moyer's Park Avenue West Tower.
In 2013, TMT applied to the city to tear down the structure, but those plans were canceled when the building was sold again in 2014, to Arthur Mutal LLC.
In January 2015, it was announced that the building is to be joined to the adjacent Woodlark Building, renovated and returned to use as a hotel. The Woodlark Building, which will be converted from its current use as an office building, is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The planned renovation and conversion is expected to cost $30Â million, funded by NBP Capital, Provenance Hotels and Arthur Mutal. The as-yet-unnamed hotel created from the combined buildings is slated to have 150 rooms and two restaurants or bars.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon
References
External links
- Images of the Cornelius Hotel from the University of Oregon digital archives
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