Originally named the Hotel Alma, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[3] Built in 1911 as the Hotel Alma, the building housed a hotel above and auto-focused business on busy Burnside.

After World War II hosting the Club Mecca and later the Desert Room, which became a hallmark of vice within a US Senate hearing.

[4] After an extensive renovation and restoration, McMenamins opened the hotel on May 3, 2011.

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