Cloud Cap Inn

The Cloud Cap Inn is a historic building located high on Mount Hood, Oregon, United States.[2] It was a luxury inn for mountain climbers that included telephones as early as 1894.[3]

Cloud Cap Inn
Historic photograph of a log building on a steep slope
Cloud Cap Inn ca. 1889
LocationMount Hood National Forest, on the northeast flank of Mount Hood
Nearest cityParkdale, Oregon
Coordinates45°24′15″N 121°39′16″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectWilliam H. Whidden
Part ofCloud Cap – Tilly Jane Recreation Area Historic District[1] (ID81000485)
NRHP reference No.74001687
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1974

The inn opened in 1889[4] and closed as a business in 1946.[5]

Since the 1950s, the Crag Rats search and rescue group has used and maintained the inn.[6]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[7]

Cloud Cap Inn as depicted in Frances Fuller Victor's Atlantis Arisen (1891).

See also

References

  1. Horn, Jon; Cohen, Ron; Gibson, Carol (December 6, 1979), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Recreation Area Hist. District (PDF), retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. Hartwig, Paul (July 26, 1974), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Cloud Cap Inn (PDF), retrieved November 7, 2014.
  3. Oregon Field Guide: Cloud Cap Inn (Television show). Oregon Public Broadcasting. Event occurs at 00:59. Season 24, Episode 5. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. Oregon Field Guide: Cloud Cap Inn (Television show). Oregon Public Broadcasting. Event occurs at 00:30. Season 24, Episode 5. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  5. Oregon Field Guide: Cloud Cap Inn (Television show). Oregon Public Broadcasting. Event occurs at 02:35. Season 24, Episode 5. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  6. Muldoon, Katy. "Cloud Cap Inn". Oregon Encyclopedia. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  7. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved November 7, 2014.


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