Timberline Lodge, located on Mt. Hood in Oregon, is a historic building that was constructed between 1936 and 1938 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program. This beautiful lodge is renowned for its handcrafted woodwork, including furniture and wooden decorations, which were made by Ray Neufer and a team of skilled workers at… Continue reading Timberline Lodge’s Cascade Dining Room
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“Timberline Lodge’s Indian Face Door: Skilfully Carved and Painted”
Timberline Lodge, built between 1936 and 1938, was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. The architects and administrators decided that the lodge would be furnished with hand-forged wrought iron, handmade wood furniture, hand-woven fabrics, and hand-hooked rugs using three major design elements: pioneer heritage, Indian motifs, and native plants and wildlife. The WPA hired three… Continue reading “Timberline Lodge’s Indian Face Door: Skilfully Carved and Painted”
Cascade Dining Room, Timberline Lodge
Excellent lunch buffet Note the amazing hand-created woodwork from ceiling to home furnishings to flooring. Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood Oregon “Timberline Lodge, a Performs Progress Administration (WPA) venture, was developed and furnished in between 1936 and 1938. Early in 1936, architects and directors resolved that the lodge would be furnished with hand cast wrought iron,… Continue reading Cascade Dining Room, Timberline Lodge
Victor Talking Machine, Wells Hotel
The once-thriving mining town of Garnet was founded in 1895 in conjunction with the gold – and silver, and garnet gemstone – rush in western Montana. Like most “rush” towns, with changing need and sparse lodes, Garnet was ultimately deserted. Even though the several elaborate structures’ additional useful elements have been stripped or vandalized, the… Continue reading Victor Talking Machine, Wells Hotel