McMenamins is known for rehabbing old buildings and transforming them into restaurants, and this old school building is no exception. Once known as Kennedy Elementary School, this stately building in NE Portland is now home to one of the area’s most unique bar and restaurants.
Jericl Cat / Flickr This image from 1915 shows the school when it was still used for its original purpose as an elementary school.
Jim Ellwanger / Flickr It now looks nearly identical apart from its new siding and beautiful landscaping around.
ShashiBellamKonda / Flickr Walking into the old school, the restored building is expertly decorated and filled with wide hallways and artwork.
Sarah McDevitt / Flickr Chalkboards, which once held lessons for students, are now used to detail specials in the kitchen.
YY / Flickr There are several bars in the school, each retaining a theme from the school’s past. The large courtyard restaurant features indoor and outdoor seating.
Frazer Valley Pulse & Metro Vancouver Pulse / Flickr The boiler room is transformed into an epic bar that contains much of what you would expect to find in a boiler room, along with lots of beer and liquor.
Shashibellamkonda / Flickr An on-premise brewery provides a wide beer selection.
Jennconspiracy / Flickr Artwork on the walls features images of the school at is prime, as well as history about the school.
Shashibellamkonda / Flickr When its time to hit the bathroom, you won’t be surprised to find typical school bathroom stalls, with a little extra decorating of course.
Jesse Means / Flickr The wide halls make you feel like you are back in school.
Mark and Andrea Busse / Flickr And when you are ready to lay down for the night, you can actually fall asleep right in class. The classrooms of the building have been transformed into hotel rooms.
Frazer Valley Pulse and Metro Vancouver Pulse / Flickr Not to be forgotten, the school also features a salt water soaking tub that is a perfect break that can be used by guests of the hotel for free, as well as visitors, for a fee.
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Jericl Cat / Flickr
This image from 1915 shows the school when it was still used for its original purpose as an elementary school.
Jim Ellwanger / Flickr
It now looks nearly identical apart from its new siding and beautiful landscaping around.
ShashiBellamKonda / Flickr
Walking into the old school, the restored building is expertly decorated and filled with wide hallways and artwork.
Sarah McDevitt / Flickr
Chalkboards, which once held lessons for students, are now used to detail specials in the kitchen.
YY / Flickr
There are several bars in the school, each retaining a theme from the school’s past. The large courtyard restaurant features indoor and outdoor seating.
Frazer Valley Pulse & Metro Vancouver Pulse / Flickr
The boiler room is transformed into an epic bar that contains much of what you would expect to find in a boiler room, along with lots of beer and liquor.
Shashibellamkonda / Flickr
An on-premise brewery provides a wide beer selection.
Jennconspiracy / Flickr
Artwork on the walls features images of the school at is prime, as well as history about the school.
When its time to hit the bathroom, you won’t be surprised to find typical school bathroom stalls, with a little extra decorating of course.
Jesse Means / Flickr
The wide halls make you feel like you are back in school.
Mark and Andrea Busse / Flickr
And when you are ready to lay down for the night, you can actually fall asleep right in class. The classrooms of the building have been transformed into hotel rooms.
Frazer Valley Pulse and Metro Vancouver Pulse / Flickr
Not to be forgotten, the school also features a salt water soaking tub that is a perfect break that can be used by guests of the hotel for free, as well as visitors, for a fee.
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