The Real Great Northern, Interior

The interiors of the The Great Northern Hotel were shot at the historic Kiana Lodge, located on the banks of Puget Sound in Poulsbo, WA. The lodge was also used for the interiors and exterior of Josie, Pete and Catherine's house (see The Blue Pine Lodge).
It's really quite remarkable how much mileage they got out of this one building. In many cases, one room was used for more than one location in the show. For instance, this large sitting room was used for both the Horne family dining room and for Benjamin Horne's office.

Another example of brilliant room use is the hotel lobby. Here's one plain square room, large, but not much to it. As the audience, we get most of our impression of the hotel from this one room, used over and over throughout the pilot episode.
After the pilot was filmed, all the interiors of the Great Northern were shot on sets built on a soundstage in L.A. These sets were constructed to mimic the original shots from the Kiana Lodge. Below are some examples of the beautiful job they did capturing the mood of the original location.

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