Coordinates | 41°52′55″N87°37′40″N |
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name | Timberline Lodge |
nrhp type | nhl |
nearest city | Government Camp, Oregon |
lat degrees | 45 |
lat minutes | 19 |
lat seconds | 52 |
lat direction | N |
long degrees | 121 |
long minutes | 42 |
long seconds | 36 |
long direction | W |
built | 1935 |
architect | Turner,W.I.; Et al. |
architecture | Other |
added | November 12, 1973 |
governing body | Forest Service |
refnum | 73001572 }} |
Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Oregon, about east of Portland.
Built in the late 1930s, the National Historic Landmark sits at an elevation of , within the Mount Hood National Forest and is accessible through the Mount Hood Scenic Byway. It is a popular tourist attraction, drawing more than a million visitors annually. It is noted in film for serving as the exterior of the Overlook Hotel in ''The Shining''.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Lodge on September 28, 1937. In his remarks, he commented on the reasons for the project:
:"This Timberline Lodge marks a venture that was made possible by W.P.A., emergency relief work, in order that we may test the workability of recreational facilities installed by the Government itself and operated under its complete control.
:Here, to Mount Hood, will come thousands and thousands of visitors in the coming years. Looking east toward eastern Oregon with its great livestock raising areas, these visitors are going to visualize the relationship between the cattle ranches and the summer ranges in the forests. Looking westward and northward toward Portland and the Columbia River, with their great lumber and other wood using industries, they will understand the part which National Forest timber will play in the support of this important element of northwestern prosperity.
:Those who will follow us to Timberline Lodge on their holidays and vacations will represent the enjoyment of new opportunities for play in every season of the year. I mention specially every season of the year because we, as a nation, I think, are coming to realize that the summer is not the only time for play. I look forward to the day when many, many people from this region of the Nation are going to come here for skiing and tobogganing and various other forms of winter sports."
The dedication ceremony was five months before completion of the lodge interior February 1938, when it opened to the public. It took extra expense and effort to make the lodge appear presentable for the dedication.
Richard Kohnstamm, the patriarch of the family that currently operates it, remembered those difficulties as being due to financing problems arising from the fact that the government owned it. Kohnstamm decided to maintain the place as if he owned it himself; he lost money during his first five years of operation, but his timing turned out to be fortuitous, since he began operating it only a few years before skiing started exploding in popularity in the late 1950s. That popularity helped the family generate a profit starting in 1960. Kohnstamm, "The man who saved Timberline", died at the age of 80 on April 21, 2006. Richard's son Jeff is now the Area Operator of Timberline Lodge.
The 1941 short musical film, ''Jingle Belles'' is set at the lodge.
The 1952 film ''Bend of the River'' starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, and Rock Hudson was partially filmed on the snow above Timberline Lodge, near the Magic Mile chairlift.
The 1960 film ''All the Young Men'', starring Alan Ladd and Sidney Poitier, had some snow scenes filmed at Timberline.
The 1973 version of ''Lost Horizon'', starring Liv Ullman, Michael York, Peter Finch, Sally Kellerman, John Gielgud and Olivia Hussey had portions shot in the Timberline parking lot. Blizzard conditions needed in the film were created by a helicopter. Other scenes were shot in the immediate area while the lodge was a base for the cast and crew.
In 1981, Boris Sagal was directing the TV movie ''World War III'' starring Rock Hudson. During filming, Sagal was killed in Timberline Lodge's parking lot when he walked into the tail rotor blades of a helicopter, almost decapitating him.
The 1993 film ''Hear No Evil'' was partly filmed at Timberline.
Category:Works Progress Administration in Oregon Category:National Historic Landmarks in Oregon Category:National Register of Historic Places in Clackamas County, Oregon Category:Rustic architecture Category:Hotels in Oregon Category:1935 architecture Category:Mount Hood Category:Hotels established in 1935 Category:Mount Hood National Forest Category:Buildings and structures in Clackamas County, Oregon Category:Visitor attractions in Clackamas County, Oregon
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