Tag: Landmarks
Another One Bites the Dust
I read with great sadness this week of the closing of a venerable old hotel located on the Columbia River in Hood River, Ore., the Columbia Gorge Hotel. Built by timber baron and philanthropist Simon Benson in 1921, she sits on a bluff overlooking the river, surrounded by beautifully landscaped grounds and highlighted by a 208-foot waterfall that tumbles over the cliff to the Columbia below. In her early days the hotel was referred to as the "Waldorf of the West" and was host to presidents (Coolidge and FDR) and movie stars (Clara Bow, Rudolph Valentino and Shirley Temple). Its distinctive red-tile roof and Mediterranean-style stucco exterior houses just 39 guestrooms and several public rooms, all boasting the craftsmanship and elegance of a bygone era.
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