Roosevelt Lodge Historic District

Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
Location Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°54′47″N 110°24′56″W / 44.91306°N 110.41556°W / 44.91306; -110.41556Coordinates: 44°54′47″N 110°24′56″W / 44.91306°N 110.41556°W / 44.91306; -110.41556
Built 1919
Architect Yellowstone Park Company; Hayes,Inc.
MPS Yellowstone National Park MPS
NRHP Reference # 83003363[1]
Added to NRHP April 4, 1983

The Roosevelt Lodge Historic District comprises the area around the Roosevelt Lodge in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park, near Tower Junction. The district includes 143 buildings ranging in size from cabins to the Lodge, built beginning in 1919. The Lodge was first conceived as a field laboratory for students and educators conducting research in the park. It later became a camp for tourists, specifically designed to accommodate automobile-borne tourists.[2] The Lodge is a simplified version of the National Park Service Rustic style.

The location is close to the reputed campsites of U.S. Presidents Chester A. Arthur and Theodore Roosevelt. In commemoration of Roosevelt's 1903 visit, a tent camp called Camp Roosevelt was set up by the Wylie Permanent Camping Company.[3]

The lodge was built in 1919, and with the nearby supporting buildings built in subsequent years, was planned to give the ambience of a dude ranch.[4] Significant buildings include:

These structures are surrounded by a variety of utility buildings and visitor cabins. The cabins can be divided into four main types:[3]

The Roosevelt Lodge is located near Tower Junction on the Grand Loop Road, which is itself a National Historic District.

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
  3. 1 2 Culpin, Mary Shivers (October 4, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Roosevelt Lodge Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  4. ↑ Kaiser, Harvey (1997). "Landmarks in the Landscape", San Francisco: Chronicle Books ISBN 0-8118-1854-3, p. 147
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