Olympic Resort Hotel & Spa history

In honor of the chief, the pioneers eventually called their settlement as “Seattle.” The name stuck, even after the Territorial Legislature formally incorporated the community in 1869.

The first two floors followed this general layout, hosing the hotel’s fantastic meetings venues and public spaces. It was actually Post’s sons—William and James—who specifically created the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, as Post had died in 1913.

1922: The construction project began with the hiring of renowned architectural firm, George B. Post & Sons.

Receiving nearly 4,000 applications, the newspaper’s committee settled on “The Olympic.” Construction finally began in earnest in 1923, when the Community Hotel Corporation broke ground on the Metropolitan Tract.

1924: The Olympic debuted that December, having been built in a record amount of time.

1928: Popularity with The Olympic had surged to the point where its owners felt it necessary to add another wing of accommodations.

But when the hotel’s owners commissioned the construction of another wing in 1929, the hotel metamorphosized into a “H-shaped” structure.

1955: Westin Hotels and Resorts acquired the rights to manage the hotel from the University of Washington.

Cle Elum was one of the final communities in the United States to receive dial phone service in 1966.

1981: The hotel debuted once more following the completion of a $60 million renovation by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

2003 - Suncadia resort core construction began with The Inn at Suncadia

2005 - Prospector Golf Course is completed, as are Suncadia's first homes

Winter 2008 - The Swim & Fitness Center is completed

Summer 2011 - Rope Rider Golf Course & Swiftwater Cellars Winery open

Summer 2012 - Rope Rider Golf Park opens

2013- Sasse Mountain Outpost, a “glamping” site for Tumble Creek Club members overlooking the Cle Elum River.