Tudor Arms Apartments (Portland, Oregon) Explained
The Tudor Arms Apartments are a historic building in Portland, Oregon, United States. Located in Northwest or Nob Hill District, an area zoned for historic preservation, adjacent to the Pearl District and Downtown Portland, the building was converted to condominiums in 2006. In order to maintain its historical status most of its original features have been preserved.
History and design
The five-story building was completed in 1915.[1] It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994.[2] The nineteenth-century Tudor Revival/Jacobethan style architecture was designed by noted Portland architect Carl L. Linde. It was built by R. F. Wassel, who was also from Portland.[3] The exterior is brick with decorative white glazed terra cotta lintels and an archway bearing the building's name marks the entrance into a landscaped courtyard.[4] [5] [6]
The leaded glass entry opens into a grand foyer paneled with mahogany wainscoting and underscored with marble flooring. Individual apartments have hardwood floors and original mill work. After the building was constructed, electric ranges were installed in some residences.[7] [8] Reportedly, the apartment building was used by two gangsters, Bugsy Siegel and Mickey Cohen, as a hide-out.[9]
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- Web site: Emporis: Tudor Arms . March 5, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121023070106/http://www.emporis.com/building/tudorarms-portland-or-usa . October 23, 2012 . dead.
- Web site: National Register of Historic Places: Multnomah County, Oregon, pg. 10 . March 5, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406075031/https://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/or/multnomah/state10.html . April 6, 2023 .
- May 15, 1915 . Oregon . Domestic Engineering and the Journal of Mechanical Contracting . 71 . 7 . 204 . . Domestic Engineering Company . February 12, 2024.
- Web site: Eastman. Janet. $1,500 a month to buy: 1915 Tudor Arms condo where Bugsy Siegel hid out. oregonlive.com. November 2, 2018. February 12, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20230609172057/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/erry-2018/11/3f33b29ee62852/1500-a-month-to-buy-1915-tudor.html. June 9, 2023. live.
- June 1, 1915 . In the Wake of the News . Brick and Clay Record . 46 . 11 . 1075 . . Kenfield-Leach Company . February 12, 2024.
- Book: Foster, Laura O. . 2008 . Portland City Walks: Twenty Explorations in and Around Town . . . 187-188 . 9780881928853.
- McMiken . A.C. . July 1924 . Selling Electric Ranges in Competition with Satisfactory Gas Service . Electric Light and Power . 2 . 1 . 1075 . . Winston's Inc. . February 12, 2024.
- December 1915 . Manufacturers' News . Electrical Record . 18 . 6 . 64 . New York City . Gage Publishing Inc. . February 12, 2024.
- Web site: Eastman. Janet. Look inside 10 century-old Portland condos, with brick walls and stained-glass windows. oregonlive.com. May 24, 2019. February 12, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232847/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/05/faee7f26517740/look-inside-10-centuryold-portland-condos-with-brick-walls-and-stainedglass-windows.html. November 7, 2020. live.
