PROFESSOR THADDEUS LOWE
MOUNT LOWE RAILWAY
The Chalet
Foundations for The Chalet were poured at the time the Incline was under construction. Its 12 bedrooms and dining room were opened on July 4, 1893. When the Echo Mountain House was completed, the smaller hotel was renamed The Chalet. Mount Lowe, The Railway in the Clouds, page 66.
The Chalet with incline railway in foreground circa 1893 (Courtesy of Huntington Library)
The Chalet on the eastern promontory of Echo Mountain, looked over the valley. The hotel had a U.S. Post Office for mailing letters. Mount Lowe, The Railway in the Clouds, page 67.
Thaddeus Lowe and guests in incline car with The Chalet in background circa 1893 (Courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library)