Seward Hotel is a hotel in Portland, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “historic hotel building in Portland, Oregon, USA”. It is part of Sentinel Hotel. It stands about 0.6 km from the centre of Portland.[3]
Overview
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 Seward was renamed the Governor Hotel in 1931, closed in the mid-1980s, and reopened in 1992 joined with the former Elks building, and thereafter formed the east wing of a two-building hotel.
From “Seward Hotel” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
It was designed by William C. Knighton, in the Art Nouveau architecture style. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.6 km from the centre of Portland. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Portland International Airport (PDX), about 10 km from the centre of Portland.[4]
It is one of 54 hotels in and around Portland recorded in Wikidata, 40 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 13 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland, opened in 1894. See Hotels in Portland.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Elks Temple — 0.1 km
- Woodlark — 0.1 km
- Cornelius Hotel — 0.2 km
- Dossier — 0.2 km
- The Mark Spencer Hotel — 0.2 km
- Clyde Hotel — 0.2 km
- Paramount Hotel — 0.3 km
- Calumet Hotel — 0.3 km
- Portland Marriott City Center — 0.3 km
- Roosevelt Hotel — 0.3 km
See also
- Hotels in Portland
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels in the Art Nouveau style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
References
- ^ Seward Hotel (Q5589568). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Seward Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-04.
- ^ Portland (Q6106). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Portland. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.