Government Camp
Timberline Lodge
Built by the WPA at 6,000 feet on Mount Hood and dedicated by FDR in 1937; its exterior played the Overlook Hotel in The Shining.
- Built
- 1936–38Built 1936-1938 by the Works Progress Administration; dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 28, 1937.
- Type
- Lodge
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The Works Progress Administration built Timberline Lodge between 1936 and 1938, with local artisans making its furnishings by hand during the Depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated it on September 28, 1937. The four-story lodge of local stone and timber centers on a hexagonal head house with a 90-foot stone chimney. Its exterior stood in for the Overlook Hotel in The Shining (1980).
Good to know
- Address: 27500 E Timberline Road, Timberline Lodge, OR 97028
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.