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Carl L. Linde (May 21, 1864 – July 12, 1945)oregondigital
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based in the

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of the United States, particularly in

Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...

. Several of his works are listed on the

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Biography

Linde was born in the

Duchy of Brunswick The Duchy of Brunswick () was a historical German state that ceased to exist in 1918. Its capital city, capital was the city of Braunschweig, Brunswick (). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ...

, and moved with his family to Milwaukee. He worked with O. C. Uehling and in Chicago before he moved to

in 1906. He worked there as an architect until 1940. He started his own practice after 1921, and prior to that he worked for established Portland architects. Throughout his career, he became known for his preference toward

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. Linde died in Portland on July 12, 1945.

Works

* Ambassador Apartments, 1209 SW 6th Avenue,

, NRHP-listed *

Camlin Hotel The Camlin Hotel is an historic hotel in Downtown Seattle, Washington. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. History Design The architect for the Camlin was Carl L. Linde of Portland, a one time brewery b ...

, 1619 Ninth Street,

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, NRHP-listed * Clovelly Garden Apartments, 6309 NE Union Avenue, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Digman-Zidell House, 2959 SW Bennington Drive, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Electric Building, 621 SW Alder Street, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Embassy Apartments (built 1925), 2015 NW Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon, a contributing property in the NRHP-listed

Alphabet Historic District The Alphabet Historic District, is a historic district in the Northwest District of Portland, Oregon which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It is in area and includes 478 contributing buildings. With It is r ...

* Envoy Apartment Building, 2336 SW Osage, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Otho Poole House, 506 NW Hermosa Blvd., Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Salerno Apartments, 2325 NE Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Sorrento Court Apartments, 2250 NE Flanders Street, Portland, Oregon * '' Shemanski Fountain'',

South Park Blocks The South Park Blocks form a city park in downtown Portland, Oregon. ''The Oregonian'' has called it Portland's "extended family room", as Pioneer Courthouse Square is known as Portland's "living room". Twelve blocks in length, it is intersecte ...

, Portland, Oregon * Sovereign Hotel, 710 SW Madison Street, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * Tudor Arms Apartments, 1811 NW Couch Street, Portland, Oregon, NRHP-listed * View Point Inn, 40301 NE Larch Mountain Road,

Corbett, Oregon Corbett is an unincorporated community on the Columbia River in eastern Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway (a.k.a. Crown Point Highway) between the Sandy River and Crown Point. Corbe ...

, NRHP-listed

References

1864 births 1945 deaths 20th-century American architects Architects from Portland, Oregon 20th-century German architects Immigrants to the United States People from the Duchy of Brunswick {{US-architect-19C-stub