The Cloud Cap Inn is a historic building located high on Mount Hood, Oregon, United States.[2] It was a luxury inn for mountain climbers that included telephones as early as 1894.[3]

Cloud Cap Inn
Historic photograph of a log building on a steep slope
Cloud Cap Inn ca. 1889
LocationMount Hood National Forest, on the northeast flank of Mount Hood
Nearest cityParkdale, Oregon
Coordinates45°24′15″N 121°39′16″W / 45.404043°N 121.654432°W / 45.404043; -121.654432
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1889 (1889)
ArchitectWilliam H. Whidden
Part ofCloud Cap – Tilly Jane Recreation Area Historic District[1] (ID81000485)
NRHP reference No.74001687
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1974

The inn opened in 1889[4] and closed as a business in 1946.[5]

Since the 1950s, the Crag Rats search and rescue group has used and maintained the inn.[6]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[7]

Cloud Cap Inn as depicted in Frances Fuller Victor's Atlantis Arisen (1891).

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  1. ^ Horn, Jon; Cohen, Ron; Gibson, Carol (December 6, 1979), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Cloud Cap-Tilly Jane Recreation Area Hist. District (PDF), retrieved November 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Hartwig, Paul (July 26, 1974), National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Cloud Cap Inn (PDF), retrieved November 7, 2014.
  3. ^ Oregon Field Guide: Cloud Cap Inn (Television show). Oregon Public Broadcasting. Event occurs at 00:59. Season 24, Episode 5. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  4. ^ Oregon Field Guide: Cloud Cap Inn (Television show). Oregon Public Broadcasting. Event occurs at 00:30. Season 24, Episode 5. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  5. ^ Oregon Field Guide: Cloud Cap Inn (Television show). Oregon Public Broadcasting. Event occurs at 02:35. Season 24, Episode 5. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  6. ^ Muldoon, Katy. "Cloud Cap Inn". Oregon Encyclopedia. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  7. ^ Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database, retrieved November 7, 2014.
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