The Building Type

Portland Hotel (1890). Demolished 1950. Architect: William H. Whidden.

Source: Angelus Studios, Oregon Digital Collection, oregondigital.org

The Portland Hotel (1890) is an example of a facility that provided temporary and permanent residency rooms at a higher standard than most hotels. 

Stuyvesant Apartments, New York (1869-70). Demolished 1960. Photo: 1935. HABS/Library of Congress.

Richard Morris Hunt designed the Stuyvesant Apartments, regarded as the first apartment house built for the middle class.