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Kimpton Hotel Vintage
The 1894 Imperial Hotel, where the Pacific Coast Conference was founded in 1915; offices by the early 1980s, a hotel again since 1991.
- Built
- 1894Begun 1892 and opened March 1894 as the Imperial Hotel (also called the Wells Building); a hotel again since 1991.
- Style
- Richardsonian Romanesque
- Architect
- Frederick Manson White
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Downtown
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Local landmark
The story
The Imperial Hotel opened in March 1894 and was also known as the Wells Building after builder George F. Wells. The Pacific Coast Conference was founded there on December 2, 1915. Renamed the Plaza Hotel in 1949, it had become offices by the early 1980s; Kimpton bought it in 1989 and reopened it as the Hotel Vintage Plaza in 1991, renamed Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland in 2015.
Good to know
- Pets welcome
- Address: 422 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.