Timberline Lodge

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cid_2885826.150.jpg Timberline Lodge
Designer W. I. Turner, Howard Griffin, Dean Wright, Linn A. Forrest, Ward Ganno, et al.
Location Government Camp, Oregon, USA
Date 1936 to 1938
Building Type ski lodge, mountain lodge, Recreation And Culture
Construction System rough stone masonry and heavy timber, Stone, Wood, Shingle
Climate alpine
Context rural mountainside
Architectural Style Rustic Cascadian Neovernacular, Chalet style
Builder Works Progress Administration
Street Address 6 mi. (9.6 km) N of Government Camp in Mount Hood National Forest Walk Score
Notes At Mount Hood in Oregon, USA. A WPA masterpiece. Also attributed to A. E. Doyle. Hexagonal central space around rough stone core with fireplace.
At Great Buildings http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Timberline_Lodge.html

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National Register of Historic Places
Name Timberline Lodge
ID Number 73001572
NRHP Status Listed In The National Register
Certification Date 11/12/1973
Level of Significance National
NRHP Documents Text (pdf) ; Photos (pdf)



A classic heavy-timber mountain lodge, high on the slopes of Mount Hood, Oregon's tallest peak. Well maintained and restored, it continues in operation as the overnight lodge of the Timberline ski area, a Mt. Hood National Forest Ski Area, with year-round sking at an elevation of 6000 feet. In winter, the ground floor of the lodge is typically fully buried in snow, with entry through a snow tunnel, or directly into the second floor.

"This iconic alpine lodge sits on the south slope of 11,239-foot Mount Hood, where it was built in just 15 months at the hands of hundreds of blacksmiths, stonemasons and farmers who scavenged the area for its timber and stones. Wildlife motifs and Native American symbols were hand-carved or welded into every corner of this three-story, 70-guest-room lodge, helping to make Timberline as much a museum as a hotel. (How many other lodges have a curator?)" — Timberline Lodge, marvel of the Works Progress Administration, by Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2008.0204.

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In the classic horror movie The Shining "The Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon was used for the front exterior, but all the interiors as well as the back of the hotel were specially built at Elstree Studios in London, England. The management of the Timberline requested that Stanley Kubrick not use 217 for a room number (as specified in the book), fearing that nobody would want to stay in that room ever again. Kubrick changed the script to use the nonexistent room number 237." IMDB

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