Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Oregon, about 60 miles (96 km) east of Portland.
Built in the late 1930s, the National Historic Landmark sits at an elevation of 5,960 ft (1,816 m) above sea level, 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 th...
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Timberline Lodge is a mountain lodge on the south side of Mount Hood in Oregon, about 60 miles (96 km) east of Portland.
Built in the late 1930s, the National Historic Landmark sits at an elevation of 5,960 ft (1,816 m) above sea level, 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.
The lodge was constructed between 1936 and 1938 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project during the Great Depression. Workers used large timbers and local stone, and placed intricately carved decorative elements throughout the building.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Lodge on September 28, 1937. In his remarks, he commented on the reasons for the project:
The dedication ceremony was five months before completion of the lodge interior February 1938, when it opened to the...
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