History's future
Samantha Copas, the new director of Othello’s historical site the Old Hotel Art Gallery, stands in the lobby gallery where community members can see local art and hear the history behind the Old Hotel.
GABRIEL DAVIS/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
The Old Hotel’s new director Samantha Copas works inside the historic building at 33 E Larch Street, which will participate in the upcoming Othello Fair and also host an auction fundraiser for the non-profit art gallery in the fall.
The Old Hotel’s Children’s Art Center, located behind the main Old Hotel building, will soon house summer art classes for children in Othello once Copas gets them up and running. Copas said the building, and therefore the classes, was out of commission for a period of time following flood damage.
The Old Hotel Art Gallery’s main building, which Copas said was founded in 1912, operated for 62 years as a hotel primarily serving railroad workers in Othello before being abandoned after a murder took place inside the building. In 1975, a group of three local businesswomen opened up the Old Hotel Art Gallery.
OTHELLO — Samantha Copas took over the position of director at the Old Hotel Art Gallery, a nonprofit historical site, in early July after the former Director Jenn Stevenson left the position in order to teach.
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