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2 unusual facts about Hoyt Hotel


Hoyt Hotel

Walter Cole, the Portland resident and female impersonator better known as Darcelle XV, recalled the Roaring 20's Room in Sharon Knorr's book, Just Call Me Darcelle.

In 1962, he renovated the hotel and added the Barbary Coast Lounge and Roaring 20's Room, a nightclub that attracted celebrities such as Johnny Carson, Duke Ellington, and Anne Francis.



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