Hot Lake Hotel
Hot Lake Hotel (also known as Hot Lake Resort) is a historic Colonial Revival hotel originally built in 1864 in Hot Lake, Union County, Oregon, United States. The hotel received its namesake from the thermal spring lakes on the property, and operated as a luxury resort and sanitorium during the turn of the century, advertising the medicinal attributes of the mineral water and drawing visitors worldwide. It is also the first known commercial building in the world to utilize geothermal energy as its primary heat source.
| Hot Lake Hotel | |
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Hot Lake Hotel and Sanitarium, circa 1920s; the wooden gabled structure on the right side would later burn down in a 1934 fire. | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival Shingle Style |
| Location | Hot Lake, Oregon, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 45°14′36″N 117°57′24″W |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Virginius Bennes |
Hot Lake Resort | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Built | 1864 (first incarnation) 1907 (final construction) |
| Restored | 2003–2010 |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002148 |
| Added to NRHP | March 15, 1979 |
After a fire burned down over half of the hotel in 1934, the remaining building was used for various purposes, including a retirement home, asylum, and a nurse's training school during World War II. After that, operations were intermittent under various owners before the building's abandonment in 1991. The hotel and surrounding structures were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Today, it is operated as a hot springs resort, pub, and theater. Previous restoration done by the Manuels. Prior owners included future governor Walter M. Pierce and former state senator Parish L. Willis.