Old Northern Inn

The Northern Hotel was purchased in 1917 by Ida Handy, who had already made a successful business with another hotel, the Idaho Inn. For more than twenty years, Ida Handy oversaw one of the most successful tourist operations at Priest Lake.

Fred Forsythe ran the hotel during World War II as the Hillcrest Lodge, selling it after the war to the Staples family, who promoted the lake's “only complete lodge with cocktail lounge.” In the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the historic building went through several incarnations as a boarding house, bar, and restaurant under the various names of Dyer's Resort, Houdini's, Capt Eddy's and Eduardo's.

In the early 1990s, after sitting empty for seven years, the 90-year-old building was purchased by Phil Battaglia, former chief of staff for Governor Reagan. With his wife Lorraine, Phil restored the old hotel into a bed and breakfast.

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48°28′41″N 116°51′00″W / 48.47797°N 116.85011°W / 48.47797; -116.85011