The Hotel in Longview is named after a former wood frame Hotel dating to the 1870s that was demolished in the construction of the new city, which itself was named after the historic Monticello Convention document, signed in the tiny settlement of Monticello, Oregon Territory at the time, near the site of the Hotel, petitioning the US Congress to grant the residents north of the Columbia River a separate territory, which ultimately led to the establishment of Washington Territory and Washington state.
The Hotel in Longview is named after a former wooden frame hotel from the 1870s that was demolished during the construction of the new city, which itself took its name from the historic Monticello Convention document signed at the small settlement of Monticello, Oregon Territory. This petition to Congress for a separate territory north of the Columbia River led to the establishment of Washington Territory and Washington state.