Pilot Butte Inn, Hotel in den Vereinigten Staaten
Pilot Butte Inn was a hotel in Bend built in 1917 and standing until 1973, designed by architect John E. Tourtellotte in American Craftsman style. The structure combined basalt rock on its lower portion with native pine above, featuring a large stone fireplace, French windows overlooking the Deschutes River and Cascade Mountains, a wine cellar, and what became one of Oregon's largest ballrooms after expansions in the 1920s.
The building opened in 1917 as a replacement structure on the same site, following an earlier wooden hotel from around 1902 that served ranchers and wool workers. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, just before its demolition in 1973.
The hotel no longer exists, but today the corner site at Wall Street and Newport Avenue hosts shops and dining options. The preserved stone fireplace can be viewed in the foyer of the Athletic Club of Bend.
The inn was the first property in the county to earn National Register status in 1972, a milestone recognition. Eleanor Roosevelt dined on trout in its dining room, a detail that remained part of local memory long after the building's removal.
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