Cracked Pots - July 24, 2012

Every year there's a really fun event at McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale.  It's called Cracked Pots.  It's a show and sale of art created entirely from recycled materials.  Yesterday we went to Edgefield and spent the night in order to be there for today's show.

Edgefield opened in 1911 as the county poor farm.  It continued as such until the 1940s, when it transitioned to a nursing home.  It closed in 1982 and fell into disrepair until the 1990s when the McMenamin brothers restored it and opened it as a pub and restaurant, then later a hotel.  The decor is the same in all their hotels, including the Old St. Francis School in Bend, where we stayed recently.  Edgefield is much larger than the school, however.  Here are a few photos of the facilities.

David spent some time on the side porch.

This is the beautiful outdoor soaking pool.

The McMenamins trademark decor is lots of painted surfaces, some quite surprising.

 

The art show was on the grounds surrounding the lodge.  Here is a sample of what was there. 

 

 We bought a piece of garden art for the front yard.