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Overview

Architect William W. Wurster designed this Modern, shed-roofed chalet for a syndicate led by Austrian skiier Hannes Schroll that also included several of Wurster's earlier clients.

Building History

San Francisco architect William W. Wurster (1895-1973) designed the Sugar Bowl Lodge for Austrian-born skiier, Hannes Schroll (1909-1985), President of the Sugar Bowl Corporation. Financial backers of the investment company included Wellington Henderson, Sherman Chickering and Donald Gregory, all of whom were acquainted with architect Wurster. Wurster designed Henderson's Hillsborough, CA, residence, and had worked with the Gregory and Chickering Families on houses in the 1920s and 1930s.

According to his biographer, Michael Barrier, Walt Disney (1901-1966) invested some of the money that he raked in from his animated motion pictures "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio" and "Bambi" in the late 1930s, in Austrian-born skiier Hannes Schroll's ski resort venture at the snow-rich location of Sugar Bowl. (See Michael Barrier, The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, [Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007], p. 134.) As a result of Disney's investment, Schroll named a nearby peak, "Mount Disney."

Building Notes

Tel: 530.426.9000 (2012)

Alteration

Alterations were made to the Sugar Bowl Ski Lodge between 1951 and 1962, including the enlargement of the original structure.

PCAD id: 17530