Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site

Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site
Type	Public, state
Location	Josephine County, Oregon
Nearest city	Grants Pass
Coordinates	42°41′43″N 123°23′46″W / 42.69515833°N 123.3959972°WCoordinates: 42°41′43″N 123°23′46″W / 42.69515833°N 123.3959972°W[1]
Operated by	Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Wolf Creek Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Wolf Creek, Oregon
Built	1883
Architect	Henry McIntosh, et al., Lewis Vaughn
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP Reference #	72001081[2]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1972

Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The inn was built along the Applegate Trail in 1883 for Henry Smith, a local entrepreneur. It is the oldest continuously operating inn in the Pacific Northwest, and is the site where author Jack London completed his novel Valley of the Moon. It also housed actors from the early days of Hollywood when they wanted to escape from the studios. Clark Gable, Carol Lombard, and Orson Welles stayed at the inn. The inn was acquired by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in 1975. The restaurant and inn are still in operation.^[3] The inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Wolf Creek Tavern in 1972.^[2]

See also

• List of Oregon state parks

References

1. "Wolf Creek Inn State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
2. Staff (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. "Wolf Creek Inn State Heritage Site". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved 2008-10-23.