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GOVERNOR HOTEL
First listed in Fodor’s Gay Guide to the USA 1996 Under: Hotels “Before this 1909 building was converted into the posh governor hotel, its gutted interior starred as the home of ne’er-do-wells in the film My Own Private Idaho. You won’t recognize it now: murals in the lobby depict scenes from Lewis and Clark’s Columbia River Expedition, public rooms have dark mahogany detailing in a lodge-like rusticity, and the guestrooms are sumptuous and softly lit.”
listed in Fodor’s Gay Guide to the Pacific Northwest 1997 Under: Hotels
listed in Out & About Gay Travel Guide 1997 Under: Stay
Per https://tripsintohistory.com/2013/01/15/historic-portland/ website: The Governor Hotel– The Governor Hotel was constructed in 1909 and is one of the city’s oldest hotels. Architect William Christmas Knighton designed this luxury hotel billed as a “Hotel of Quiet Elegance”. The Governor Hotel has since become a landmark in Portland’s history and a place as familiar to Portlanders as home. Portland had only four hotels in the entire city in 1900 which were considered first or second class. The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905 in Portland brought in many more tourists and the tourism trade continued to grow after that. As a result there was a boom in the luxury hotel industry and the Governor Hotel is an excellent example of the result. Early guests at the Governor Hotel would typically pay from $1.50 for a sleeping room to $2.00 a night for a private bath and breakfast.
One link of fame is being used in Gus Van Sant’s film My Private Idaho. The Lost World of Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho | Portland Monthly (pdxmonthly.com) also see My Own Private Idaho - Wikipedia
Changed name to the Hotel Sentinel, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_Hotel presently named Seward.
