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MBASSADOR

PORTLAND’S FINEST DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE SINCE 1922

Listed in the National Register of Historic Buildings and

Oregon’s Inventory of Historic Resource Properties

1209 SW Sixth Avenue, Unit #603

Portland, Oregon 97204

503-919-0087

James@Baxendale.com

The Ambassador is one of Portland’s important buildings.

It is the oldest fashionable multi-family residence in Port-

land. It was designed, in Jacobethan Historic Period style,

by Carl L. Linde (1864-1945), a German native, who moved

to Portland in 1906, after having first emigrated to Milwau-

kee, Wisconsin. Linde also designed the nearby Sovereign,

Envoy and Embassy. It is an owner-occupied (condomin-

ium) building.

The Ambassador’s Jacobean style is elegantly expressed

with Columbian brick facing and cast Boise sandstone

trim. The building features tiers of bay windows and a

crenellated parapet.

The Ambassador has been the residence for many of Port-

land’s most noteworthy citizens including Fred Fritsch

(1924-1931), architect who designed the Masonic Temple

(North Wing, Portland Art Museum); William U’Ren (1927-

1949) prominent lawyer and Republican politician, and au-

thor of Oregon’s nationally known Initiative Petition and

Referendum law; John Higgins 1939-1965), lawyer, partner

in New York’s Sullivan & Cromwell, chair of Gov. Tom

Dewey’s Oregon campaign for President; Herman

Blaesing, Sr. (1949-1959), the founder in 1896 of Blaesing

Granite Company (which provided the stone for many Port-

land buildings including the Oregonian and the Equitable

Building); Edith Green (1962-1969 and 1971-1977), promi-

nent Member of Congress from Oregon’s Third District

from 1954-1974. Edith Green was principally responsible for

assuring the preservation of the Pioneer Court House (US

Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit) and for securing passage of

legislation to assure its restoration. The Federal Office

Building in Portland is named for her.

More recently, the Ambassador has been the home of Bud

Forrester (1995-1999), dean of Oregon newspaper publish-

ing (formerly Editor in Chief of the Daily Astorian); Profes-

sor Charles Reiger (1993-2001), longtime Professor of Art

and Architecture at Columbia University in New York; and

Dr. Catherine Crozier Gleason, the noted classical organist.

Current residents include a former university president,

several university professors, as well as lawyers, physicians

and business executives of note.

Amenities Include:

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Heart of Downtown location

. Guest suite available for your guests

. Cutting edge security system including electronic

key entry

. Roof-top Deck and Garden

. Excellent Staff

. Easy access to transportation:

walk to bus lines, three blocks to Portland

Streetcar; The Max stops in front of the Ambassador.

. Two or three blocks to South Park Blocks, Portland

Art Museum, Performing Arts Center, Historical Soci-

ety and much more.

. Moments from shopping and great restaurants

. Easy access to I-5, and to Route 26 for points west

. Historic Ambience

. Impeccably maintained

. Bicycle storage

. On site laundry facilities

. Large locked storage unit in basement for unit # 603

For Rent: Unit 603

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Three bedrooms (or two bedrooms and one den/office),

two baths, separate dining room. 1475 square feet.

* High ceilings; air conditioners.

* Newly painted, freshly cleaned carpets and hard-wood

floors.

* Architect-decorated sixth floor lobby leading into unit,

just being completed now with new carpets, wainscoting,

moldings and designer wallpaper.

* All utilities included in rent: heating, water, garbage, re-

cycling, sewer and electricity!

* Views of west hills, Performing Arts Center, downtown.

* $2950/month; refundable security deposit.

* One year lease, with opportunity

for renewal possible. References required.

* No smoking in unit or in Ambassador’s common areas.

* Parking is available.

Call James, the owner, for an appointment to see:

503-919-0087