Ambassador Apartments (Portland, Oregon)

{{Short description|Historic building in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Ambassador Apartments

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1_name = Portland Historic Landmark{{citation|author=Portland Historic Landmarks Commission|title=Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon|format=XLS|date=July 2010|url=http://www.portlandonline.com/planning/index.cfm?c=44013&a=146276|accessdate=October 28, 2013}}.

| designated_other1_color = lightgreen

| image = Ambassador_apts_portland_or.jpg

| caption = Upper floors detail in 2007.

| location = 1209 SW 6th Avenue
Portland, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|45.515629|-122.680852|region:US-OR_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Portland downtown#Oregon#USA

| area =

| built = 1922

| architect = Carl L. Linde

| architecture = Tudor Revival

| added = February 26, 1979

| refnum = 79003738{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

| mpsub =

}}

The Ambassador Apartments is a historic building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Since 1979, it has been on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|title=Oregon National Register List|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|page=29|format=PDF|date=June 6, 2011|accessdate=September 28, 2013|archive-date=June 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609105953/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Described as Jacobean, the Ambassador Apartments is unique in Portland for substituting Idaho sandstone instead of the glazed terra-cotta common in the facades and trim of structures dating from the 1920s.

It is a nine-story H-shaped building with about {{convert|6000|sqft|m2}} per floor.

The building has been the residence of many prominent business and professional people, including lumber company owner Louis Gerlinger Sr. during 1929-1940 and William Simon U'Ren during 1927–1949. Edith Green maintained an office on the ground floor.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79003738}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ambassador Apartments |publisher=National Park Service|author=Sheila Finch |date=September 7, 1978 |accessdate=August 8, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=79003738|photos=y|title=eight photos from 1932 and 1978}}.

Located on prime downtown real estate, the building has now been converted into condominiums. In 1999, the smallest unit available was advertised for $148,000.King, Bart (2001). An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, p. 67. Gibbs Smith.