Ashland Springs Hotel

Listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, the Ashland Springs Hotel opened as the "Lithia Springs Hotel" in 1925. It subsequently functioned as a natural stopping place for visitors traveling between California and the Northwest. With a mix of Gothic and Beaux-Arts elements, the nine-story hotel stood proudly as the tallest building between Portland and San Francisco. In 1960, the hotel was renamed the "Mark Antony," in recognition of the growing popularity of the nearby Oregon Shakespeare Festival. But by 1997, the once-beautiful structure had been closed and abandoned. Then a year later, an extensive renovation of the building uncovered and restored many of its original features and enhanced it with state-of-the-art systems, an elegant conservatory, and a charming English garden.