Editing Multnomah Falls (section)

===Post-Reconstruction development===
{{Infobox NRHP
| name            = Multnomah Falls Lodge and Footpath
| image           = Multnomah Falls Lodge - Oregon.jpg
| image_size      = 260px
| caption         =
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| coordinates     = {{Coord|45.57595|-122.11536|type:waterbody_region:US-OR}}
| location        = {{circa}} [[Bridal Veil, Oregon|Bridal Veil]], [[Oregon]]<ref name="ORSHPO">
{{Cite web
| last         = Oregon Parks and Recreation Department – Closed Until Spring 2018
| author-link  = Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department
| date         = July 16, 2007
| title        = Oregon National Register List
| url          = http://www.oregonheritage.org/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf
| access-date   = March 29, 2008
}}</ref>
| nearest_city    = [[Cascade Locks, Oregon|Cascade Locks]], Oregon
| area            =
| built           = 1915<ref name="ORSHPO"/>
| architect       = [[A. E. Doyle|A.E. Doyle]]<ref name=nrhpreg/>
| architecture    =
| added           = April 22, 1981<ref name="ORSHPO"/>
| visitation_num  =
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| refnum          = 81000512<ref name="ORSHPO"/>
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}}
[[File:Multnomah Falls (3387949550).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Visitors at the falls {{circa}} 1915]]
Beginning in 1884, the [[Oregon Railway and Navigation Company]] operated a stop at Multnomah Falls on their railway, which spanned from Portland to [[Pasco, Washington]]; this stop continued to operate until [[World War II]],<ref>{{cite web|work=Oregon History Project|title=Multnomah Falls|access-date=December 29, 2017|url=https://oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/multnomah-falls/#.Wl2pbiOZNao}}</ref> and included a timber [[Tied-arch bridge|bowstring truss bridge]] that spanned the falls at the present bridge's location.<ref name=highway/> Around 1891, the bridge was reinforced, but was dismantled in 1899.<ref name=highway/>

{{anchor|Benson Bridge}}{{anchor|Benson Footbridge}}
On January 28, 1915, [[Samuel C. Lancaster]] recommended to the Progressive Business Men's Club of Portland that a trail be built from the base of Multnomah Falls extending to the top of [[Larch Mountain (Washington County, Oregon)|Larch Mountain]].<ref name=highway/> The Club raised several hundred dollars to finance the trail, and Portland financier [[Simon Benson]] and his son Amos S. Benson pledged an additional $3,000.<ref name=highway/> The [[United States Forest Service]] appropriated a total of $1,500 and agreed to survey and build the trail in addition to the lookout on Larch Mountain. Benson financed Italian stonemasons to construct a bridge at the falls to allow visitor access.<ref name=benson>{{Cite web |url=http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/multnomah_falls.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828192446/http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/multnomah_falls.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 28, 2008 |work=Columbia River Images |title=Multnomah Falls, Oregon, Benson Bridge |access-date=January 9, 2018 |last1=Topinka |first1=Lyn}}</ref> This bridge, named the Benson Footbridge, spans the lower falls at a height of {{convert|105|ft|m}}, and provides an expansive view of the upper falls.<ref name=highway>{{cite web|url=http://columbiariverhighway.com/benson-foot-bridge/|work=Columbia River Highway|title=Benson Footbridge|access-date=December 27, 2017|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127150035/http://columbiariverhighway.com/benson-foot-bridge/|archive-date=November 27, 2015}} {{small|Excerpted from Hadlow, Robert W. (September 1995). ''Historic American Engineering Record'', Multnomah Falls Footbridge.}}</ref>

On Labor Day 1915, Benson donated over {{convert|1400|acres|ha}} of land which included most of the falls as well as nearby [[Wahkeena Falls]], to the city of Portland.<ref name=highway/>  The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company subsequently donated the land at the base of Multnomah Falls contingent upon their agreement that a [[wikt:lodge|lodge]] would be constructed at the site the same year.<ref name=lodge>{{cite web|url=http://columbiariverhighway.com:80/multnomah-falls-lodge/|work=Columbia River Highway|title=Multnomah Falls Lodge|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127150756/http://columbiariverhighway.com/multnomah-falls-lodge/|archive-date=November 27, 2015|url-status=usurped}} {{small|Excerpted from Hadlow, Robert W. (September 1995). ''Historic American Engineering Record'', Multnomah Falls Lodge.}}</ref>

{{anchor|Multnomah Falls Lodge}}
Late that year, architect [[A. E. Doyle]], who designed Portland's [[Meier & Frank Building]], was commissioned by the city to design the Multnomah Falls Lodge, which was completed in 1925.<ref name=nrhpreg>{{cite web
|url={{NRHP url|id=81000512}}
|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Multnomah Falls Lodge and Footpath
|date=March 11, 1981
|access-date=July 11, 2011
|publisher=[[National Park Service]]
}}</ref> The lodge, built in a "Cascadian" architectural style using native split fieldstone laid irregularly. The building features a steeply-pitched [[Cedar wood|cedar]]-shingled gable roof with [[dormer]]s and large chimneys.<ref name=highway/> In the early through the mid-twentieth century, the lodge provided both meals and lodging to travelers.<ref name=lodge/> Contemporarily, it provides meals, a gift shop, and an interpretive center.<ref name=lodge/> The lodge and footpaths were added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1981.<ref name=nrhpreg/>