Virtual Tour of The Ahwahnee Hotel - 6th Floor Spencer Room

The 6th floor is special. Originally designed as a ballroom, it was converted into a penthouse home for the president of the Yosemite Park and Curry Company (Donald Tresidder) and his wife (Mary Curry Tresidder ) one year after the hotel opened. It remained a private home until the 70´s, when it was converted into guest rooms and suites. Because the entire floor can be used as a single large suite, it may be off-limits at times, so you may not be able to get to it. The first thing you will notice when you look around the 6th floor lobby is that the rooms up here all have names, in addition to room numbers. The 4 guest rooms take their names from persons connected to the hotel´s history. The Mather (Stephen Mather was head of the Park Service, he proposed and pushed for construction of the hotel), The Spencer (she created much of the art work in the hotel), The Underwood (the hotel´s architect), and The Mary Curry Tresidder (this room was her bedroom!) The Tresidder Room has a large bathroom with built-in wardrobe drawers. It also has a small steel balcony with a view of Upper Yosemite Fall. The remaining two parlor rooms are named for their original use, the Library, and Sunporch. The Library connects with the Underwood Room to become a suite. The Sunporch connects with the Mather Room and/or Spencer Room to become a suite. The Mather, Spencer and Sunporch can be combined into a 3-room suite. The Underwood, Tresidder, and Library can also be combined into a large 3-room suite. And the entire 6th floor can become a single 6-room suite. The room in this photo is the Spencer Room.