New Redmond Hotel
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New Redmond Hotel
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6th Street frontage
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| Location | Redmond, Oregon, United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°16′20″N 121°10′29″W / 44.27228°N 121.17461°WCoordinates: 44°16′20″N 121°10′29″W / 44.27228°N 121.17461°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Hugh Thompson |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference # | 80003312 |
| Added to NRHP | 1980 |
The New Redmond Hotel is a historic commercial hotel in Redmond, Oregon, United States. The hotel was built in 1928 after the original Redmond Hotel, (sometimes referred to as "Hotel Redmond") was destroyed in a fire. It is a three-story Georgian-style brick masonry building located on 6th Street in downtown Redmond. It has been in continuous use as a commercial hotel since it first opened. Today, the New Redmond Hotel is a major landmark in downtown Redmond. Because of its importance to the history of Redmond, the New Redmond Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The original two-story Redmond Hotel was built in 1906 by William and Fanny Wilson. The Wilson’s arrived in Redmond in 1905 after making a modest fortune in Alaska selling supplies to miners during the Klondike gold rush. Once in Redmond, they became active community boosters, organizing a businessmen’s group that meet weekly to discuss civic affairs. In 1911 the hotel made the papers, and again in 1914, when the Jones Land Company was excavating for a septic tank in the rear of the hotel. The workmen had dug 19 feet through solid rock and drilled an additional 10 more feet before setting dynamite. The explosion of the dynamite was anticlimactic after a dull sound followed and cold, heavy-pressured air issued out. It was assumed a subterranean cavern was punctured and that it would make for a suitable septic tank. The discovery made the local papers and Hotel Oregon across the street wanted to locate their own subterranean cavern and eventually did. By 1914, the piping in the Redmond Hotel became clogged after use of the outlet increased. Another hole was drilled in the hotel and larger piping installed. The new setup was found to be adequate for disposal.
In June 1927, the original wood-frame hotel burned to the ground. However, the Wilson’s quickly replaced the original hotel with a new one. Construction of the New Redmond Hotel began on 17 June 1927. In the building’s cornerstone community leaders place a time capsule containing coins, photographs, newspapers with reports of the recent hotel fire, and other community related documents. The new hotel cost approximately $150,000 to build. When it was completed, the hotel had 43,000 square feet (4,000 m2) of interior space. The hotel’s grand opening was held on 27 July 1928. The event included tours of the new hotel, a banquet with 350 guests, and a community dance. A meeting of the Central Oregon Jersey Breeders was held in conjunction with the grand opening. The hotel’s early advertisements boosted that the New Redmond Hotel provided the best lodging and service east of the Cascade Mountains at the lowest possible prices, only $1 to $2.50 per day.
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