This scene of the grounds of the historic Rosemary Inn was photographed from the shore of Lake Crescent in the 1920s. Rosemary Inn was built on Barnes Point, on the south side of Lake Crescent, in the vicinity where the earlier Marymere Hotel was previously located. Construction of the 1½-story “craftsman-style” inn began around 1914. Rose (Saylor) Littleton and Mary Daum operated Rosemary Inn, which was named from a combination of their first names.

This scene of the historic Rosemary Inn, strolling garden, and central lawn, was photographed in the 1930s. The east and west wings of the inn were added during the 1920s. On October 1, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ate breakfast at Rosemary Inn, while on a tour through the Lake Crescent area, previous to the establishment of Olympic National Park in 1938. The dedication ceremony for Olympic National Park was later conducted on the grounds of Rosemary Inn. Rosemary Inn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and the inn is now used as the dining hall and as a meeting place at the NatureBridge environmental science school.

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Andrew Craig Magnuson
Forks, Washington
Olympic Peninsula