Ephraim ยท Ephraim
Hillside Hotel
Rev. Andreas Iverson's log house on Ephraim's Eagle Harbor, enlarged by the Norwegian Oleson family into a hotel; five suites and two cottages.
- Built
- c. 1864Core log house built c. 1864 by Rev. Andreas Iverson; bought by the Oleson family in 1866, guest rooms from 1893, named the Hillside Hotel in 1901; additions 1900, 1908, 1926.
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 7
- Area
- Ephraim
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Norwegian immigrants Martin and Maria Oleson bought a four-room log house from Reverend Andreas Iverson in 1866 and added bedrooms over the years, renting rooms to summer guests from 1893. The building officially became the Hillside Hotel in 1901 as Ephraim turned from lumber and fishing to tourism, and the NRHP nomination describes it as an imposing clapboard building at the foot of the village’s limestone bluff. It was remodeled into a luxury inn in 2002, closed in 2010 and reopened in 2016 under owner Diane Taillon.
Good to know
- Address: 9980 Water Street, Ephraim, WI 54211
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.