15 / Cougar Resting in the Forest
Continue counter-clockwise in the Main Lobby from the main stairway and look above the southern archway to see the smooth low relief wood carved panel, Cougar Resting in Forest, by Florence Thomas (If you’ve entered the Main Lobby from the front entrance stairway or from the front Observation Deck’s vestibule entrance, look above the archway as you enter). She also made drawings for light fixtures and wood sculptures of the lodge. Thomas created the plaster models of animals and birds that were carved into the stairway newel posts by WPA wood carvers.
Across the archway attached to the stone hexagonal fireplace is Timberline’s metal information sign, made by Henry Harth, which includes elevation, distant and snow level information.
Carved wood panel, Cougar Resting in Forest by Florence Thomas, 1937
Iron signage, Timberline Information Sign, by Henry Harth, 1938
LOCATION: MAIN LOBBY (South)
WOOD- IRON