Roosevelt Lodge Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
nrhp_type = hd

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caption =
location= Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 54
lat_seconds = 47
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 110
long_minutes = 24
long_seconds = 56
long_direction = W
locmapin = Wyoming
area =
built =1919
architect= Yellowstone Park Company; Hayes,Inc.
architecture= No Style Listed
added = April 04, 1983
governing_body = National Park Service
mpsub=Yellowstone National Park MPS
refnum=83003363cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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. [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/site.asp Roosevelt Lodge Historic District] ] The Lodge is a simplified version of the National Park Service Rustic style.

The Lodge and camps were sited near the reputed location of one of Theodore Roosevelt's campsites during his 1903 visit to the park. The facilities were planned to give the ambience of a dude ranch.Kaiser, Harvey (1997). "Landmarks in the Landscape", San Francisco: Chronicle Books ISBN 0-8118-1854-3, p. 147]

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

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wy0127 Roosevelt Lodge Historic District, East of Mammoth Hot Springs on Grand Loop Road, Tower Junction, Park County, WY: 2 photos, 1 photo caption page, 3 data pages] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wy0398 Roosevelt Lodge, Lodge Building, Tower Junction, Park County, WY: 7 photos, 1 photo caption page, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wy0399 Roosevelt Lodge, Cabin No. 442, Tower Junction, Park County, WY: 1 photo, 1 photo caption page, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wy0400 Roosevelt Lodge, Caretaker's Cabin, Tower Junction, Park County, WY: 1 photo, 1 photo caption page, 1 data page] , at Historic American Building Survey