The Sad, Sad Story of the Ormsby House
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 10/18/09
I was there about the time in '05 and '06 when GH and Linda made there comments below. Completely accurate assessments by both. I loved the place and each year since then missed going back on my annual visit to Lake Tahoe. Around 05, four gentlemen attempted to restore the building with funds arranged devoted to modernize as well as return it to splendor. However, one of the investor/developer's son was involved in a legal situation that caused his father to spend a huge sum of money in an ill-fated attempt to secure his freedom. The restoration stalled, as the story goes, due to lack of funding. Last year on my visit after several years of stalled efforts to revive the resoration, a new venture attempted to pick up where the original group left. Hopefully, next week I'll see for myself the progress or lack of it.