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McMenamins Old St. Francis hotel | Photo courtesy of Holly Hayes, flickr CC
McMenamins Old St. Francis School Hotel, Bend, OR
Your kids might balk at the idea of spending the night in a school on their vacation, but just wait ’til they see the cool movie theater and mammoth tiled soaking pool at this eclectic hotel in downtown Bend. McMenamins is a Portland-based chain of brewpubs and hotels with a knack for rehabbing historic buildings into quirky, one-of-a-kind lodging experiences. One of their finest conversion projects is the Old St. Francis School in Bend where the wood-paneled classrooms in a 1936 Catholic schoolhouse are now 19 beautiful guest rooms. The school also houses two brewpubs, a bakery and pretty art-filled gardens. Relics of school days remain on all the walls, adorned with students' artwork and other memorabilia.
