Columbia Gorge Hotel
Columbia Gorge Hotel
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Location | W of Hood River at 9000 Westcliffe Dr., Hood River, Oregon |
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Built | 1920–21[1] |
Built by | Dinwiddie Construction Co.[1] |
Architect | Morris H. Whitehouse[1] |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival, Other |
NRHP Reference # | 79003736 |
Added to NRHP | September 21, 1979[1][2] |
The Columbia Gorge Hotel is a historic hotel in Hood River, Oregon, United States. It was built by Simon Benson, who was involved with the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway.[3] Benson envisioned a hotel at the end of the highway, and completed the Mission style hotel in 1921.[1] The new hotel was built on the site of the previous Wah Gwin Gwin Hotel, built in 1904. Between 1925 and 1952, the hotel went through several changes of ownership.[1][4]
The then-48-room hotel closed in 1952, when it was sold to the Neighbors of Woodcraft,[1][5] a non-profit fraternal benefit society based in Oregon since 1905,[6] and converted into a retirement home.[1][7] It was sold again in 1978, with the new owners planning to reopen it as a hotel.[1] After a $1-million renovation, the now-42-room hotel reopened in September 1979.[4][7]
In January 2009, the landmark hotel closed its doors again, due to foreclosure.[8][9] The foreclosing bank later re-opened the hotel before selling it to Vijay Patel's A-1 Hospitality Group in October 2009 for around $4 million.[3] Between 2009 and 2012, the hotel underwent a major renovation.[10] The Columbia Gorge Hotel is recognized as one of the Historic Hotels of America by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.[11]
Guests of the hotel have included Burt Reynolds and Shirley Temple, among others.[3]
References
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Hood River hotel tries to recover early days of glory". (September 23, 1979). The Sunday Oregonian, "DAY" section, p. 6.
- ↑ "Famed Hotel Sold to Lodge". (May 16, 1952). The Oregonian, p. 1.
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External links
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- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
- Hotel buildings completed in 1921
- Hotels established in 1921
- Buildings and structures in Hood River, Oregon
- Mission Revival architecture in Oregon
- National Register of Historic Places in Hood River County, Oregon
- 1921 establishments in Oregon