Timberline Lodge History

Timberline Lodge Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to Timberline Lodge each year, making it one of the top tourist attractions in the State of Oregon. A majestic and natural structure made of local wood and stone, the lodge was built in three parts. It consists of two wings that extend and meet at right angles at a hexagonal-shaped tower, known as the “head house”. The Lodge lays below a recreational ski area and in the spring and summer it serves as a base camp for hikers and climbers alike. With help from the Mount Hood Development Association and President Roosevelt’s New Deal Plan, Timberline lodge was built and finished between 1936 and 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, which was created by Roosevelt after the great depression
It was created under FDR 's Works Progress Administration which was FDR 's way of giving jobs back to Americans and showing them that although we were suffering from a depression we could still manage to do great things. With his New Deal plan and the WPA he helped build among many other things in America, Timberline Lodge. The lodge was also created for society as-well. The building draws thousands of visitors every year and this has dramatically increased since 1980 because of Stanley Kubricks movie the Shining. Timberline Lodge was created for an experience and emotional response as-well. People who come to the lodge every year are sent to a far away land such as Alpine Europe. The lodge serves its purpose for visual pleasure as well because of its beautiful design that allows it to blend in with mountain and environment all around it. The interior of the lodge is beautiful as well with its many hand made ornaments and fixtures that have remained there for over three quarters of a century. In this sense it is also a commemorative piece which tells the story about the people, age , culture and region in which the lodge was built. When one stays at Timberline they are immersed in the history of