[1] It was designed by Portland architect Herbert W. Rhodes[2][3] and opened in 1927 as The Eastland,[4] the largest hotel in New England.

[5] Aviator Charles Lindbergh stayed at The Eastland after returning from his historic solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1946, the hotel gained attention when it refused to allow former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to stay with her dog, Fala, for the night.

It left Sonesta in January 1995 and was briefly renamed the Eastland Plaza Hotel, only to become the Radisson Eastland Hotel Portland six months later, in July 1995.

[10] Following a foreclosure sale in 2000, its name was modified slightly to the Eastland Park Hotel.