Grand Hotel - Roseburg Downtown Historic District - Roseburg, OR - NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings on Waymarking.com

The Grand Hotel was constructed in 1910 by Horace Marsters. It was originally built as a three-story brick building;, in 1916 two more floors were added and the entire building was stuccoed. At that time a belt course and cornice were added Windows are replacement metal frame two/two. Street level windows are metal frame display. There are two entrances on the south elevation and one on the east elevation. The raised word MARSTERS BLOCK were centered beneath the cornice on the main (south) elevation. There are three cast iron columns present, including one corner column; the fluted columns have a stylized Egyptian palm motif. Street level exterior walls are stuccoed, or covered with cedar siding.

Horace Marsters, a successful Roseburg businessman, was engaged in railroad work, real estate, logging, and teamster activities. The building was sold to D.R. Shambrook in 1912. In 1922 W.D. and Bessie Clinger bought the hotel and operated it through the 1940s. Later owners were Anna Mae Seemes, Paul and Helen Ryan, and C.D. and Alice Albright. In addition to hotel rooms, the building supported other businesses, i.e. a restaurant, a Western Union office, a barber shop, a taxi stand, and a bar. The upper floors of the hotel have been vacant for many years; however a street level restaurant, The Timber Room, remained open through 1999.

This building is Inventory #122 on page 61 of the NRHP Nomination Form. Today, this building is home to a few businesses on the first floor. Also noted is the Grand Hotel neon sign that hangs on the north side facing Cass Street. It appears from prior photos I've seen that this sign was taken down for a number of years but is now back up again.