Built in 1921 (Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
From the record
“The Columbia Gorge Hotel is a historic hotel in Hood River, Oregon, United States. It was built by Simon Benson, who was involved with the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway.”
Wikipedia article Columbia Gorge Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 36 National Register listings published here for Hood River County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1921, Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, by Morris H. Whitehouse.
National Register reference number.79003736- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
275 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Columbia Gorge Hotel
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,196 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Debris and open burning
59
Railroad operations and maintenance
37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
35
Recreation and ceremony
34
Fireworks
26
Smoking
25
Equipment and vehicle use
18
Power generation/transmission/distribution
13
Natural
12
Arson/incendiarism
7
Other causes
6
Misuse of fire by a minor
3
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Date
Cause
Size
Reported by
Name on the report
9 September 1997
Recreation and ceremony
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
7 September 1993
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
The Dalles Unit
MOSIER EAST
6 September 2009
Debris and open burning
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
HUGGIE
6 September 1992
Railroad operations and maintenance
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
not named
5 September 2012
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1,644 acres
Southeast Region-Department of Natural Resources
HIGHWAY 141
4 September 2013
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
KOBERG
4 September 2009
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
The Dalles Unit
I84 MP 65
4 September 2000
Natural
under an acre
Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
39 workings within 5 miles of Columbia Gorge Hotel: 32 past producers, 7 producers.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Hood River, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2015: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
The Hood River near the city of Hood River crested at 14.1 feet on November 7th, with flood stage at 13.0 feet. The flooding and debris flow up river from this gauge caused major damage to Hwy. 35 on Mt. Hood, closing the highway for a month due to repair work. Moderate damage was also done to irrigation works.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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