The Balch Hotel reopened to guests in 1991 under the ownership of Howard and Pat Green, who bought the place in 1988. The Greens had owned a construction company, and they undertook a historic ...
Josiah Dean likes to joke that he owns the best — and the worst — hotel in Dufur. That’s because the Balch Hotel is the only hotel in Dufur, population 600. The Balch Hotel is at 40 S.