Merchant Hotel (Portland, Oregon)

Merchants Hotel
Portland Historic Landmark
Viewed from the northwest in 2016
Location121 NW Second Avenue, Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°31′27.4″N 122°40′21.7″W / 45.524278°N 122.672694°W / 45.524278; -122.672694
Built1880–1884
ArchitectWarren Heywood Williams
Architectural styleItalianate
Part ofPortland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District (ID75001597)
Designated CPDecember 6, 1975

The Merchant Hotel, also known as the Merchants' Hotel, is a historic former hotel building in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is located at 121 N.W. Second Avenue in Old Town Chinatown. It is a contributing property in the Portland Skidmore/Old Town Historic District,:18–19 which was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1977.:103 It is one of the few remaining examples of Victorian Italianate, cast iron architecture on the West Coast. It occupies half of a city block, specifically along the south side of N.W. Davis Street from Second to Third Avenues.