Crystal Hotel (Portland, Oregon)


The Crystal Hotel is a hotel located in downtown Portland, Oregon. Originally named the Hotel Alma, the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The property is operated by McMenamins.

History

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. By 1978, the building housed a gay bathhouse, and a gay bar, later known as Silverado.
After an extensive renovation and restoration, McMenamins opened the hotel on May 3, 2011.