2 / Carved Indian Head door

If you look at the base of this door’s powerful Indian head carving by Jim Duncan, you will see the initials of some US Forest Service employees who worked on building Timberline Lodge. More of the native-style artwork themes of the Art Deco Movement are displayed throughout the lodge, such as the iron handles with the arrow-bent design on the entrance’s double doors. Just inside, look up to find painted rams’ heads.

Wood carving, Indian Head Door, by Jim Duncan, 1937 (The initials, left to right, are: JF- James Frankland, regional engineer; WIT- W.I. Turner, architect; HG- Howard Gifford, architect; DW- Dean Wright, architect; EDC- Ethel Daniel Chatfield, secretary; LF- Linn Forest, architect)

Iron door handles and hardware by WPA blacksmith shop workers, 1936-37

LOCATION: FRONT ENTRANCE GROUND FLOOR
WOOD - IRON