27 / Ram's Head Bar
In 1950, the Forest Service allowed lodge management to create the Ram’s Head Bar in the Mezzanine. By 1953, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) issued a license for lodge management to sell liquor by the drink. Until then, the lodge operated under a “bottle” permit whereby guests could bring their own alcoholic beverages. Although gambling was not prohibited by the Forest Service, “amusement machines” were installed, including slot machines. This was a short-lived scenario as numerous short-fallings of gambling, scandal and chaos resulted in the entire lodge shutting down for a few months until new operator, Richard L Kohnstamm was awarded concession permit in April 1955.
Furnishings, such as the lounge loveseats, have original frames, with replaced upholstery matching the original color themes of the 1930s. Their long coffee tables are originals, as well as the bar area’s wait tables now used as host stands. Two carved Ram’s heads at each side of the bar highlight the extended view from windows to the east’s White River Canyon. The bar’s decorative wrought-iron gate locks during non-business hours.
Couches, chairs, tables, desks by WPA wood workers 1937, some are replicated by local wood workers 1980s
Iron gate by WPA blacksmiths 1937
LOCATION: MEZZANINE EAST
IRON- WOOD- FURNISHINGS