The Lodge is currently used by the city as a retreat on conference center.

Fair to good condition

The lodge received several design awards, including the Washington State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ honor award in 1951 and the prestigious American Institute of Architects’ national Honor Award in 1952. As a result of these allocates, architectural design in Washington State received national attention and brought about a focus on regional design to the architectural community. The building was associated historically with Gaffneys’ Lake Wilderness resort, which operated as a destination resort in Maple Valley from the mid-1920s until the mid-1960s.

The Lake Wilderness Lodge is historically significant as an outstanding example of Pacific Northwest Regional Style architecture from the post-World War II era. The building, designed by the Seattle architectural firm Young & Richardson, Carleton and Detlie opened in 1950. The lodge received several design awards, including the Washington State Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ honor award in 1951 and the prestigious American Institute of Architects’ national Honor Award in 1952. As a result of these allocates, architectural design in Washington State received national attention and brought about a focus on regional design to the architectural community. The building was associated historically with Gaffneys’ Lake Wilderness resort, which operated as a destination resort in Maple Valley from the mid-1920s until the mid-1960s.

1) Cooper, Lee. “More Open Space Urged For Cities.” New York Times, June 25, 1952.2) “Have We an Indigenous Northwest Architecture?” Architectural Record, April, 1953, pp. 140-146.3) “Honor Awards and Awards of Merit,’ Architectural Record, August 1952, pp. 12-14.4) “Gala Day Opens New Resort.” Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 1940. 5) Garfield, Leonard. “Slough House Park and the Legacy of Dudley Carter.” Prepared for the Metropolitan King County Council, July 1996. np.6) Lake Wilderness Resort Design Wins AIA National Grand Prize, source?, p. 107) Lorenz, Laura. Historical Sketch of the Greater Maple Valley Area. Fourth Edition. Maple Valley: Card Shark Printers, 19868) “Who Flies-- and How . . . ?” Flying Magazine, May, 1950. Pages 14-15.9) “Built For Pleasure and Profit.” Building Digest, January 1953, p. 8.10) “Decorative Stair For Hotel or Restaurant,” Architectural Metal, Bulletin No. 17, Summer 1953.11) “A Lake Resort in Western Washington.” Construction News Bulletin, September 23, 1950.12) “Prize Hotel is and Example of the Open Plan Grown Up.” The Magazine of Building, 195213) “Totem Pole Design.” Institutions Magazine, Vol. 32, No. 2, February 1953.