7-584: The Prospect Hotel , also known as the A. H. Boothby House , in Prospect, Oregon , is two-story hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Built in 1892 as a private home, it was added to the register in 1980. Located on the community's main street, Mill Creek Drive, the hotel and several tourist cabins occupy a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site near the Prospect School and Prospect Store. The hotel
14-575: A parade, a flag retirement ceremony, live music and games for children. All the proceeds go to a fund to help veterans. In July Prospect hosts an airplane "fly-in" that helps support the Jackson County Search and Rescue, and in August a jamboree and timber carnival (a festival that includes lumberjack contests such as log rolling ) are held. On the last weekend in September, Prospect hosts Music in
21-478: Is a short distance from Oregon Route 62 , the main highway from Medford to Crater Lake . The L-shaped building with four large gables has a 10-foot (3.0 m) veranda, added in about 1915, that extends from three sides of the main building. The rear of the hotel includes a shed addition. Called the Boothby House by its original owner, it was turned into a hotel for people traveling by wagon to Crater Lake in
28-492: The U.S. state of Oregon . It lies along Oregon Route 62 on the Rogue River , in the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest . As of the 2020 census it had a population of 449. Prospect began as a logging town; its first sawmill began operating in 1870. Prospect had a post office established in 1882 that was first named "Deskins" after the first postmaster. In 1888, there was a mill named Deskins Sawmill. The name of
35-620: The Mountains, a two-day festival of bluegrass , country , folk and Americana music on the grounds of the Prospect Hotel. Prospect is the site of Prospect State Airport ( FAA LID : 64S ), which has one asphalt runway. It is used for general aviation operations, totaling about 1200 annual movements. The Prospect State Scenic Viewpoint is nearby. This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to
42-567: The community was changed to "Prospect" in 1889 because of plans made to run a railroad up the Rogue River, which would ostensibly improve the community's prospects. The Prospect Hotel , which opened in 1892, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, Prospect holds the Mill Creek Memorial festival. It honors veterans with
49-514: The last decade of the 19th century. During the first two decades of the 20th century, the hotel evolved into a tourist stop for automobile travelers. Guests who signed the register included William Jennings Bryan , Zane Grey , Joaquin Miller , and Jack London . Prospect, Oregon Prospect is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County , in
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