Kennedy School

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

{{For-multi|the Kennedy School at Harvard University|John F. Kennedy School of Government|the school in Hong Kong|List of English Schools Foundation schools}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = John D. Kennedy Elementary School

| 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|access-date=October 3, 2013}}.

| designated_other1_color = lightgreen

| image = Kennedy School - Portland Oregon.jpg

| caption = The main entry of Kennedy School in 2008.

| alt = Photograph of a multi-arched entry to a large, single-story building.

| location = 5736 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon

| coordinates = {{coord|45.5645|-122.6302|region:US-OR_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Portland

| map_caption = Location in Portland.

| map_alt = Locator map.

| built = 1915

| architect = Floyd Naramore{{cite encyclopedia |last= Ritz |first= Richard Ellison |title= Naramore, Floyd |encyclopedia= Architects of Oregon: A Biographical Dictionary of Architects Deceased – 19th and 20th Centuries |location= Portland, Oregon |publisher= Lair Hill Publishing |year= 2002 |pages=293–294 |isbn=0-9726200-2-8}}

| architecture = Renaissance Revival

| added = November 22, 1995

| area = {{convert|4.22|acre}}

| refnum = 88003472

}}

The Kennedy School, originally the John D. Kennedy Elementary School, is a former elementary school that has been converted to a hotel, movie theater and dining establishment in northeast Portland, Oregon.{{cite news |last=Reeves |first=Hope |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/travel/frugal-traveler-portland-with-umbrella-unopened.html |title=Frugal Traveler; Portland With Umbrella Unopened |at=Section 5, Page 6 |date=July 20, 2003 |access-date=April 10, 2011 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218061524/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/20/travel/frugal-traveler-portland-with-umbrella-unopened.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/travel/15hours.html|title=36 Hours in Portland, Ore.|date=April 15, 2007|access-date=April 10, 2011|work=The New York Times|first=David|last=Laskin|author-link=David Laskin|archive-date=April 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429050451/http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/travel/15hours.html|url-status=live}} The facility is operated by the McMenamins chain. The hotel has 35 guestrooms, a brewery, four bars, and a restaurant.

History

The school was built in 1915. The land for the school was sold by John Daniel Kennedy to the Portland School District in 1913.{{Citation | last1 = Darby | first1 = Melissa Cole | date = December 15, 1987 | title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Kennedy, John D., Elementary School | url = http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=NR_Noms/88003472.pdf | access-date = October 8, 2013 | archive-date = March 3, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231522/http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=main.loadFile&load=NR_Noms/88003472.pdf | url-status = live }}.

Currently

By the 1990s, the school had been abandoned. McMenamins, the Portland-based hotel and pub group, bought the old building and funded a full renovation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcmenamins.com/galleries/kntimeline |title="Kennedy School Timeline" |access-date=2016-07-26 |archive-date=2016-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422084446/http://www.mcmenamins.com/galleries/kntimeline |url-status=dead }} Today, the Kennedy School functions as an event space with 57 classroom-turned-guestrooms with original chalkboards included. The old cafeteria has been converted into a courtyard restaurant, and the common areas now include a bar, gift shop, movie theater, brewery, and soaking tub.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcmenamins.com/KennedySchool |title="Kennedy School" |access-date=2016-07-26 |archive-date=2016-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804182444/http://www.mcmenamins.com/KennedySchool |url-status=live }}

Kennedy School won in the "Best Date Bar" category of Willamette Week{{'s}} "Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020".{{cite news |title=Bars + Nightlife: Congratulations to the winners + finalists of Best of Portland Readers' Poll 2020 |url=https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/bars-nightlife/ |access-date=September 4, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=July 21, 2020 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811224343/https://www.wweek.com/promotions/2020/07/21/bars-nightlife/ |url-status=live }}