Lassen Hotel (Cedar Lake, Indiana) Explained

Lassen Hotel
Location:7808 W. 138th Pl., Cedar Lake, Indiana
Coordinates:41.3683°N -87.425°W
Built:, 1920
Added:July 7, 1981
Refnum:81000019

Lassen Hotel is a historic hotel building located at 7808 West 138th Place in Cedar Lake, Lake County, Indiana. It is a two-story, T-shaped frame building sheathed in clapboard. It has a hipped roof and features a wraparound verandah overlooking Cedar Lake. The eastern section of the building was built about 1890. It was moved to its present location during mid-winter of 1919 and the lakefront section was built onto it in 1920. Its grand opening was on May 7, 1921. It is home to the Red Cedars Lake History Museum, now the Museum at Lassen's Resort on Cedar Lake.[1] A restoration project was underway in 2013. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lassen Hotel. 2016-05-01. Beatrice Horner. PDF. April 1980. and Accompanying photographs.