Ladd Carriage House, Carriage house in downtown Portland, US.
The Ladd Carriage House is a Stick style wooden building at Broadway and Columbia, built in 1883 to designs by Joseph Sherwin. It has vertical board siding, decorative trim and large arched openings. The former hayloft on the top floor, once used as a dance floor, now forms part of the Raven & Rose restaurant.
Architect Joseph Sherwin designed the 1883 carriage house and stables for William S. Ladd's mansion, which stood across Broadway. Helen Ladd Corbett sold it in 1925 to the Hoffman family's Wauna Land Company. The First Christian Church bought it in 1971; after a preservation campaign, it was moved to 10th and Columbia on June 16, 2007, and returned on October 25, 2008.
After a 1926 renovation by architect Morris H. Whitehouse, the former hayloft became a dance floor and apartment, while five ground-floor studios housed the Society of Arts and Crafts and the Portland Civic Theatre. Hoffman Construction kept offices here from 1933, and architect Van Evera Bailey also worked from the building. Since fall 2012 the Raven & Rose restaurant has occupied the restored carriage house.
The building is easily accessible and located near shops and restaurants in downtown Portland. Plan to spend time walking through the interior to view the historical details from different angles.
The building's 2007 move to the First Christian Church parking lot at 10th and Columbia avoided crossing Portland Streetcar lines; it returned to its original site on October 25, 2008. The restoration that followed received a preservation award from the Victorian Society in America.
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