Frenchglen

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Frenchglen
Frenchglen Hotel
Frenchglen Hotel
Location in Oregon
Frenchglen (Oregon)
Frenchglen
Frenchglen
Basic data
State : United States
State : Oregon
County : Harney County
Coordinates : 42 ° 50 ′  N , 118 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′  N , 118 ° 55 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 12 (as of:)
Height : 1281 m
Postal code : 97736
Area code : +1 541

Frenchglen is a place in Harney County in the state of Oregon in the United States . The site is 60 miles south of Burns on Oregon Route 205 .

Frenchglen is close to Steens Mountain and the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and is home to the historic Frenchglen Hotel .

history

The parish is named for the French-Glenn Livestock Company, founded by Hugh J. Glenn and later joined by his son-in-law Peter French. French-Glenn built his headquarters there in 1872.

The National Park Service lists two buildings in the National Register of Historic Places for Frenchglen (as of January 11, 2019), next to the Frenchglen Hotel, the Riddle Ranch .

Web links

Commons : Frenchglen, Oregon  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 11, 2019.