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PORT ANGELES — The historical Rosemary Inn along Lake Crescent, now the home of NatureBridge in Olympic National Park, is celebrating its centennial Saturday.
NatureBridge and the park will hold an open house from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The open house is free. Parking will be available.
Barnes Point’s center
The Rosemary Inn, which lies at the center of Barnes Point — near Lake Crescent Lodge — consists of a main lodge, 14 guest cabins and assorted outbuildings.
First called Rosemary Camp, the inn was named for Rose Littleton and her lifelong assistant, Mary Daum.
The first visitor, according to the register, checked in more than 100 years ago June 20, 1914.
During President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s visit to the Olympic Peninsula in 1937, the inn hosted him for breakfast.
On Saturday, visitors can tour the inn, play croquet, paddle on Lake Crescent, press apples and view displays and artifacts from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
There will be time to tell stories about the inn from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The inn became part of the park in 1944 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
A major restoration was completed in the 1990s, allowing the historic resort to be repurposed as the home of NatureBridge.
NatureBridge is a residential educational nonprofit that provides hands-on environmental science programs for children and teens.
The camp was carved out of the dense forest when it opened in June 1914.
Arrived by ferry
Guests arrived by crossing Lake Crescent by ferry.
John Daum, brother of Mary Daum, designed and constructed the buildings that made up the Rosemary Inn complex.
While not an architect, John Daum was a devotee of the Craftsman age.
Because of the site’s remoteness, he used materials available nearby, primarily cedar and fir.
For more information phone Hannah Merrill at 360-928-3720, ext. 12, or email olympicplanning@naturebridge.org.
