Timberline Lodge: A Love Story Diamond Jubilee Edition

About this book

Internationally renowned Timberline Lodge is a thriving ski lodge and the hand-wrought jewel of Mount Hood that sits just outside Portland Oregon with more than two million visitors a year. The Lodge is one of the best-known WPA buildings built and furnished entirely by the craftsmanship of 400 artisans of the northwest during the Depression Era. Few who visit today realize that it was nearly derelict by the 1950s nor do they know the story of Richard L. Kohnstamm;the man who saved Timberline. This book celebrates the Lodge and the people who cared enough to build and then preserve the house that Oregon built on Mount Hood. The magnificent icon Timberline Lodge was dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in September 1937 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Timberline Lodge: A Love Story The Diamond Jubilee Edition is an updated version of the regional best seller originally released in 1987 selling over 40 000 copies in six editions and it continues the story through a collection of personal essays. Six entirely new narratives including contributions from Sarah B. Monro author of Timberline Lodge: The History Art and Craft of an American Icon and John Ingersoll snowboarding expert present a dazzling collection of never-before-published photographs of this historic lodge and popular ski area.