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We Celebrate the Restoration of the Ladd Carriage House!!!Following the return of the LCH to its original site on October 25, 2008, OpusNW's restoration of the exterior began under the direction of Venerable Properties, LLC, and their prime restoration contractor Bremik Construction. Now, 6 months and thousands of skilled labor hours later, the Carriage House stands resplendent -- restored as closely to its original look as possible. Restoration architects Carleton Hart scoured the dozens of historic images uncovered by the Friends of the Ladd Carriage House to create plans which restored historic Victorian windows, lost ornament -- and even the original carriage doors on Columbia Street. Dry rot was repaired, and some serious structural problems were corrected, while bringing the building up to modern safety and seismic codes. Truly a "tour-de-force" of historic preservation. Now the Ladd Carriage House is looking for a buyer!Noted Portland developer Venerable Properties, LLC, has been engaged by LCH owner Opus Northwest as their agent to find a buyer for the Ladd Carriage House. The Friends of The Ladd Carriage House are excited about this prospect, as Venerable has earned a strong reputation as a responsible steward of historic buildings and has the expertise not only to manage its restoration, if a buyer asks for assistance, but also has the expertise in the arcane world of tax credits and benefits which can help make the Carriage House a sound investment for the right owner. The asking price for the Carriage House returned to its site and rehabilitated ready for tenant improvements, is currently $2.4 million. Click here for details. About the Ladd Carriage HouseIn 1883, pioneer Portland entrepreneur and banker William Sargeant Ladd built an elaborate Carriage House to stable his horses and carriages. 125 years later a determined group of concerned citizens has been working for the last 4 years to see that this last piece of Ladd's history is saved. On the basis of the restoration work and the in-depth historic information drawn from the work of the Friends of the Ladd Carriage House, Opus Northwest and Venerable Properties, LLC, are submitting an application for the Ladd Carriage House to once again be listed on the National Register of Historic Places, now that it has been returned to its original site. *Why Tours of the Fellowship Hall?The redesign of the Ladd building to accommodate the Fellowship Hall for First Christian Church was the brilliant, but expensive, solution that permitted the Ladd Carriage House to be restored on its original site. The relocated Hall presented a major architectural and engineering challenge since its clear span space required a ceiling strong enough to support 26 stories of apartment tower above! And how to achieve that without sacrificing floor space for huge supporting beans. Architects Ankrom-Moisan developed the solution: create massively deep but very narrow steel girders that run between the apartments on the first residential floor. These provided the strength to support the tower above, while consuming relatively little valuable floor area. We invite you to see this solution close-up and to see the great new facilities which have been provided to First Christian Church as a result. What About the Rose Friend Apartments?The preservation community deplores the destruction of the historic Rose Friend Apartments which shared the east half of the block with the Ladd Carriage House. Yet sometimes difficult decisions must be made in the interest of saving some historic buildings while letting others go. Read more here on the process that led to the loss of the Rose Friend... Contact Information
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