Curly Redwood Lodge

Curly Redwood Lodge Northern California's most Unique redwood lodge on America's Wild Rivers Coast He thought it would be possible to build a lodge out of one redwood tree.
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The Curly Redwood Lodge began as an idea by Tom Wyllie who owned the Redwood Room in Klamath, California. He liked curly redwood and found a tree near the Klamath River from which enough wood could be used. The tree was 18’ 2" at the butt cut and curly to the tip of every branch. It was so huge, it had to be cut into 5 logs and quartered. The logs were then loaded over their own stump by smoothing

the stump with a chain saw, cutting one side just the height of a truck bed and three logs were put on the opposite side of the stump so the quartered logs could be pushed onto the truck bed with a caterpillar.

57,000 board feet of lumber came from that single tree when it was cut down in 1952 and was brought to Crescent City. Many mills sawed, air-dried and cut the redwood into various different cuts for paneling, posts and doors. All the wood was cut into solid pieces; not one piece of veneer was made or used for redwood; there is enough curly redwood lumber left to build more units for the future.

Restoring the wood at the Curly Redwood Lodge.
01/28/2025

Restoring the wood at the Curly Redwood Lodge.

01/27/2024
07/29/2023

Housekeeping wanted! Immediate opening. Part time/Full time available. Competitive pay. Flexible hours. Apply now!

05/30/2023

Looking for Maintenance work and
General cleaning work

05/30/2023

Looking for Housekeeper
Cleaning Motel Rooms
Housekeeper is responsible and honest for work Experience is perfect 
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701 US HWY 101 SO,Crescent City 95531

08/03/2022

Looking for Full Time Housekeeper
Cleaning Motel Rooms
Housekeeper is responsible and honest for work Experience is perfect 
Apply in person today
701 US HWY 101 SO,Crescent City 95531

08/03/2022

Looking for Full Time Housekeeper
Cleaning Motel Rooms
Housekeeper is responsible and honest for work Experience is preferred
Apply in person today
701 US HWY 101 SO,Crescent City 95531

06/18/2022

Volkswagen car @ curly redwood lodge

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06/17/2022

Volkswagen group @ Curly Redwood Lodge

Dear Guests, Due to the popular demand, Curly Redwood Lodge is going through major renovations. Here is a sneak peek...
05/14/2022

Dear Guests,

Due to the popular demand, Curly Redwood Lodge is going through major renovations. Here is a sneak peek...

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701 US Highway 101 S
Crescent City, CA
95531

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+17074642137

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The Curly Redwood Lodge began as an idea by Tom Wyllie who owned the Redwood Room in Klamath, California. He thought it would be possible to build a lodge out of one redwood tree. He liked curly redwood and found a tree near the Klamath River from which enough wood could be used. The tree was 18’ 2" at the butt cut and curly to the tip of every branch. It was so huge, it had to be cut into 5 logs and quartered. The logs were then loaded over their own stump by smoothing the stump with a chain saw, cutting one side just the height of a truck bed and three logs were put on the opposite side of the stump so the quartered logs could be pushed onto the truck bed with a caterpillar. 57,000 board feet of lumber came from that single tree when it was cut down in 1952 and was brought to Crescent City. Many mills sawed, air-dried and cut the redwood into various different cuts for paneling, posts and doors. All the wood was cut into solid pieces; not one piece of veneer was made or used for redwood; there is enough curly redwood lumber left to build more units for the future.