The New Lodge
The Presidio of San Francisco is set to open its second historic boutique
hotel, the plush Lodge at the Presidio, in a former military barracks built
in the 1890s by the U.S. Army. (The Presidio Trust)
Many national parks have a large mansion with high-ceilinged public rooms multiple huge fireplaces called The Lodge. But the Lodge at the Presidio is a series of small lodgings rehabilitated from the simple designs of a spartan military base. The newest National Park Lodge at the Golden Gate will open June 28, 2018 and is called Lodge at the Presidio but it’s one of five small b-and-b type of hotels and not at all like the single mansion-style traditional Lodge. The Presidio is so full of historic structures built by the Army of solid construction and high design quality that it is hoped that the Presidio will never have to build a mansion at all.
This newly rehabilitated historic hotel is being touted as the closest lodging in San Francisco to the Golden Gate Bridge with great views of the bridge, the Presidio’s lush 300-acre forest, the San Francisco Bay, and the city skyline.
~~ Mary Anne Miller
