Ashland Springs Hotel can host board meetings, company banquets, holiday parties and weddings, from a palm-filled salon for 25 around a table to a ballroom set for 300 in theater rows. It offers more than 5,700 square feet of event space and 70 guest rooms. The hotel stands at 212 East Main Street in downtown Ashland, in southern Oregon.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meetings and banquets with its own catering sales manager. The main room is the Grand Ballroom, 2,340 square feet (78 by 30 feet), which seats 300 theater-style, 150 classroom, 110 in a U-shape and 220 at rounds. It divides into Ballroom I and Ballroom II, so a plenary can be followed by two breakout sessions. Ballroom II on its own seats 100 theater-style or 60 classroom.
The Palm Room, a naturally lit room of 785 square feet, suits a board meeting or a small working group, with 25 at a conference table or 50 theater-style. It is offered for afternoon and evening events only. The Crystal Room, with a 17-foot ceiling and its original six-foot crystal chandelier, seats 75 theater-style and 30 conference-style with a screen. The Conservatory, next to the ballroom, works for registration, displays and breaks.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are a large part of the hotel's events business. The wedding page states that the Grand Ballroom takes up to 200 guests for a wedding, with tables, a dance floor and the English Garden next door. The Crystal Room is suggested for smaller receptions and rehearsal dinners. The English Garden is an outdoor courtyard with a cobblestone floor, a fountain, a wrought-iron gazebo, climbing roses and trees, recommended from late spring to early fall; it takes 180 in rows or 80 at rounds.
The hotel lists complimentary venue amenities and services for weddings, and a wedding specialist handles planning. For a larger outdoor wedding, the site points to its sister property, Lithia Springs Resort.
Rooms and capacities
The capacity chart lists the Grand Ballroom (350 standing), Ballroom I, Ballroom II, the Conservatory (300 standing, 160 at rounds), the English Garden, the Palm Room, the Crystal Room (100 standing, 70 at rounds) and a mezzanine with fixed seating for 30.
Accommodation
The hotel has 70 guest rooms in the same building, enough to house a small conference or most of a wedding party.
Catering
Catering is in-house. Daytime and evening menus are published, and Executive Chef Franco Console builds seasonal custom menus for receptions, rehearsal dinners and banquets. The hotel's restaurant, Larks, works with local farm produce and Oregon wines, ciders and beers. The team also caters events at an outside site chosen by the client.
History and setting
Ashland Springs Hotel opened in 1925 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was restored with interiors by Candra Scott & Anderson and the owner, and featured in Architectural Digest. Period details remain in the event rooms: Axminster carpet, original mica and bronze chandeliers and trellised wainscot in the ballroom, and wooden wainscoting in the Crystal Room. The town drew visitors for its mineral springs long before the hotel was built.
Getting there
The hotel is downtown, close to Interstate 5. The site puts Portland about 4.5 hours and the San Francisco Bay Area about 5.5 hours away by road. The closest airport is Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport.
