Guernsey State Park

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lake Guernsey State Park
nrhp_type =nhld


caption = Guernsey State Park Museum
nearest_city= Guernsey, Wyoming
locmapin = Wyoming
area =3,760 acres (original) 8,602 acres (expanded)
built =1925
architect= Civilian Conservation Corps; Roland Pray (original) S. R. Deboer; Richard G. Redell; et al. (expanded)
architecture= National Park Service Rustic, Bungalow/craftsman, Other
designated= September 25, 1997cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=670347209&ResourceType=District
title=Lake Guernsey State Park |accessdate=2008-02-29|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = August 26, 1980 (original) September 25, 1997 (expanded)cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (original) State (expanded)
refnum=80004051 (original) 97001260 (expanded)

Lake Guernsey State Park, also known as Guernsey State Park Historic District, Lake Guernsey Park, Guernsey Lake Park, or Guernsey State Park, is a historic district near Guernsey, Wyoming.

As an historic district the park was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997, for its Civilian Conservation Corps buildings and structures. It contains 60 contributing resources: 14 buildings, 3 sites, and 43 structures, as well as 46 non-contributing resources.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/97001260.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Lake Guernsey State Park / Lake Guernsey Park; Guernsey Lake Park; Guernsey State Park] |32 KB|date=January 6, 1997 |author=Susan Begley and Ethan Carr |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/97001260.pdf "Accompanying 20 images (photos and plans), from 1977, 1994, and c. 1935"] |32 KB]

The park contains a separate National Historic Landmark, the Oregon Trail Ruts.

ee also

* Register Cliff

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wy0026 Guernsey State Park Museum, Highway 317, Guernsey, Platte County, WY: 1 color and 11 b&w photos] , at Historic American Building Survey