Bitar Mansion
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The house in 2011
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| Former names | Harry A. Green House, Harry A. and Ada Green House |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Byzantine-Romanesque, Mediterranean Revival |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 45°31′18″N 122°37′45″W / 45.5218°N 122.6293°WCoordinates: 45°31′18″N 122°37′45″W / 45.5218°N 122.6293°W |
| Construction started | 1927 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | c. 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Herman Brookman |
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| Number of rooms |
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Harry A. and Ada Green House
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| Location | 3316 SE Ankeny Street Portland, Oregon |
| NRHP Reference # | 13000805 |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 2013 |
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Bitar Mansion, also known as Harry A. Green House or the Harry A. and Ada Green House, is a mansion in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) and 17-room structure was designed by architect Herman Brookman and built in 1927 for $410,000, equivalent to $5.65 million today. The Mediterranean-style house contains a grand ballroom and many elaborate details. The mansion has views of the Tualatin Mountains and adjacent Laurelhurst Park.
Robert and Mable Bitar purchased the house in 1951. Robert later became an honorary consul to Lebanon and lived in the mansion until his death in 2000. The house went on the real estate market for the first time in 55 years in 2006 and was purchased in December 2006 for $1.825 million. As of 2011, the house remains the most expensive home sold in southeast Portland. The house was put on the market again and is up for auction in August 2011.
The Mediterranean-style mansion is on a property "the equivalent of seven standard city lots" adjacent to Laurelhurst Park and offers views of the Tualatin Mountains. The house contains a round tower, multiple chimneys, a red-tiled roof, bronzed iron gates, and Art Deco accents with a peacock motif. A bell-cast entrance tower, which contains a curved stairway and a vestibule, anchors "sweeping and curved low-pitched roofs". Next to the tower is the living room's fireplace chimney. To the right of the entrance hall is the formal living room that opens to the parterre overlooking Laurelhurst Park. To the entrance hall's left is the dining room, followed by a curved wing housing the kitchen, service areas and garages. The interior features a marble-floored ballroom, heated pool, servants wing, and elaborate woodwork, tile, metalwork and sculpture. Surrounding the French doors leading outside from the entrance hall are columns supporting paired peacocks cast in stone.
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