The Benson Portland, Curio Collection by Hilton is a 287-room historic hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. It is owned and operated by Coast Hotels & Resorts. It was originally known as the New Oregon Hotel, and is commonly known as "The Benson". It has a reputation as one of Portland's finest hotels. The hotel is named after notable businessman and philanthropist Simon Benson. The Benson is the seventh largest hotel in Portland based on the number of rooms.
The new wing opened on March 4, 1913, timed to coincide with the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. A telegram was sent from Washington, so the hotel's doors could be opened just as he took the oath of office. The new wing was known as the New Oregon Hotel for the next 16 months, and operated jointly with the existing hotel.
Boyd and Keller sold the Hotel Benson to Seattle-based Western Hotels in 1944. The 1905 Hotel Oregon building was purchased and demolished by Western in 1957, to make way for a 200-room annex to the Hotel Benson, built at a cost of $3,000,000, which doubled the hotel's size. Designed by Jones, Lovegren, Helms and Jones, it opened in 1959 and contained a Trader Vic's on the ground level.
Western International Hotels was renamed Westin Hotels in 1981, and the hotel became The Westin Benson. The Westin Benson was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Westin Hotels sold the hotel to WestCoast Hotels (now Coast Hotels & Resorts) in 1988 and it returned to its original name.
El Gaucho Restaurant is on the ground floor of the 1959 wing, where Trader Vic's was once located.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell died in his hotel room at the Benson Hotel on November 12, 2008.
On October 6, 2021, the hotel was rebranded as part of Curio Collection by Hilton, a division of Hilton Hotels.
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