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A quick look at the history of Crater Lake Lodge.
http://www.nplas.org/crater.html
Crater Lake Lodge • Crater Lake NP • 1915, 1995?
Classification I?Location: Rim Village
Theme: National Park Rustic or “Parkitecture”
Structure: 4-story hotel w/basement. 1st story stone, remainder walls & roof shingled. Steep chalet roof w/dormers.
Original Architect: R. N. Hockenberry & Company
Landscape Architect, 1928: Francis G. Lange
Reconstruction Architect: National Park Service
Reconstruction Cost: $15,000,000?(some sources say $20,000,000)
Known Timeline:
Preliminary construction begins, 1907
Foundation constructed, 1909
Majority of construction finished, 1912
Crater Lake Lodge opens with 54 rooms, July 3 1915
Major addition completed, 1918
NPS forecloses on lodge owner Alfred Parkhurst, 1920
Electric lighting replaces kerosene lamps, 1920
Gift shop, plumbing & registration desk added, 1921
Roof color changed to green, 1921
The Crater Lake National Park Company established to operate lodge, 1921
West Wing opens with 24 new rooms at a cost of $60,000, 1924
Lodge states 105 rooms, 20 with private baths, 1929
Electric power lines replace generators, 1931
Veranda & entry porch completed, 1932
Stone curbing added to grounds, 1934
15 private baths and laundry facility added, 1930s
Lodge closes due to WWII, July 1942
Lodge reopens, June 15 1946
Harry and “Pop” Smith purchase the Crater Lake Lodge Company, 1953
Ralph Peyton and Jim Griffin purchase the Crater Lake Lodge Company, 1959
Fire sprinkler system added, 1967
NPS purchases lodge, plans to reduce structure to 2-story visitors center, 1969
Lodge closed temporarily due to water/sewer contamination,
1975?Kitchen remodeled,
1975?Canteen Company of Oregon purchases lodge concession,
1976?New exterior shingling & fire escapes added,
1981?NPS proposes demolition,
August 1 1984?NPS announces that it is reconsidering demolition,
October 3 1984?NPS proposes restoration of main lodge & demolition of 1924 addition, 1986?Rebuilt lodge proposed with 60 rooms, 1988
Original lodge closed, 1989
Reconstruction/Renovation begins, 1991
Reconstruction/Renovation completed, 1994
Reopened to public, May 20 1995
Room count prior to reconstruction: 101? Current room count: 71
About 2001 Xanterra Parks and Resorts buys the old Crater Lake Company.
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