Prospect Hotel

The Prospect Hotel, also known as the A. H. Boothby House, in Prospect, Oregon, is two-story hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] Built in 1892 as a private home, it was added to the register in 1980.[2]

Prospect Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Prospect Hotel in 2010
Location	39 Mill Creek Drive, Prospect, Oregon
Coordinates	42°45′04″N 122°29′12″W
Built	1892
Architect	A. H. Boothby
Architectural style	Eclectic
NRHP reference No.	80003327[1]
Added to NRHP	February 12, 1980

Located on the community's main street, Mill Creek Drive, the hotel and several tourist cabins occupy a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site near the Prospect School and Prospect Store. The hotel is a short distance from Oregon Route 62, the main highway from Medford to Crater Lake. The L-shaped building with four large gables has a 10-foot (3.0 m) veranda, added in about 1915, that extends from three sides of the main building. The rear of the hotel includes a shed addition.[2]

Called the Boothby House by its original owner, it was turned into a hotel for people traveling by wagon to Crater Lake in the last decade of the 19th century. During the first two decades of the 20th century, the hotel evolved into a tourist stop for automobile travelers. Guests who signed the register included William Jennings Bryan, Zane Grey, Joaquin Miller, and Jack London.[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Oregon

References

1. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 16. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
2. Atwood, Kay (August 16, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Prospect Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved August 31, 2013.