Vijay Patel found Hood River’s Columbia Gorge Hotel grounds clogged with limbs and the gardens going to seed when he first looked over the place with the intent to buy in February 2009. Billed as the ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. -- The Columbia Gorge Hotel was built in 1921 as the "Waldorf of the West" and housed the likes of Rudolph Valentino, Shirley Temple, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel has drawn visitors to Hood River since it opened in 1921. It was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1979, according to the National Park Service.

HOOD RIVER - The Columbia Gorge Hotel was built in 1921 as the "Waldorf of the West" and housed the likes of Rudolph Valentino, Shirley Temple, Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A national “glamping” brand has tapped the Columbia River Gorge as the host of its first ritzy campground in the Pacific Northwest.

The historic Columbia Gorge Hotel, a victim of foreclosure earlier this year, is now owned by a Washington bank after an auction failed to attract any bidders.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel will be run by Portland-based North Pacific Management until a suitable owner is found for the 88-year-old Hood River “Waldorf of the West,” according to ShoreBank ...