National Register of Historic Places - Wyoming (WY), Park County

Park County Wyoming (Historic Districts) has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Anderson Lodge, Fort Yellowstone, Grand Loop Road Historic District, Heart Mountain Relocation Center and Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums.

Several famous people are associated with these Park County historic places including Hiram Chittenden and Abraham Archibald Anderson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Park County places including US Army Corps of Engineers, Dakota US Army Chief Quartermaster, Hazra Engineering; Hamilton Br. Co., Herbert Maier, COE, Et al.Y, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bob Rumsey, Reed and Stem, Reamer, Robert and National Park Service. Prominent architectural styles found in Park Country are Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements and Colonial Revival.

Absaroka Mountain Lodge (added 2003 - - #03001105)

Also known as Gunbarrel Lodge, Wilderness Enterprises Inc. dba Absaroka Mountain Lodge

1231 North Fork Hwy , Cody

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History, Entertainment/Recreation, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private, Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Anderson Lodge (added 1987 - - #87001548)

Also known as 48PA250

Greybull Ranger District, Shoshone National Forest , Meeteetse

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Anderson,Abraham Archibald

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Anderson,Abraham Archibald

Significant Year:

1907, 1891, 1890

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Conservation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Government Office, Museum, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Downtown Cody Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003361)

Also known as Sheridan Avenue Historic District

1155 to 1313 and 1192 to 1286 Sheridan Ave. , Cody

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Restaurant, Specialty Store

Elephant Head Lodge (added 2003 - - #03001107)

Also known as Wilderness Homesteads, Inc., dba Elephant Head Lodge

1170 North Fork Hwy. , Cody

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Social History, Commerce, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private, Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Fort Yellowstone (added 2003 - - #03001032)

Mammoth Hot Springs, WY; Norris, WY; Gardiner, MT, near Buffalo Lake, ID , Mammoth Hot Springs

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Conservation, Military, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Military Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Park

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Park

Goff Creek Lodge (added 2003 - - #03001108)

Also known as 48PA325

995 E. Yellowstone Hwy. , Cody

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History, Transportation, Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Grand Loop Road Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001345)

Also known as 48YE520

Grand Loop Rd. , Yellowstone National Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Park Service

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Chittenden, Hiram

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Transportation

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Heart Mountain Relocation Center (added 1985 - - #85003167)

1/2 mi. from WY Alt. 14 between Cody and Powell/ 1500 Road 19 , Ralston

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Asian, Military, Social History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Hospital, Institutional Housing, Military Facility

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Irrigation Facility, Monument/Marker, Park, Plaza

Lamar Buffalo Ranch (added 1982 - - #82001835)

E of Mammoth Hot Springs on Northeast Entrance Rd. , Mammoth Hot Springs

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Conservation

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility

Current Function:

Education, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000257)

North Entrance Rd. and Mammoth-Norris Rd. , Yellowstone National Park

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., US Army Chief Quartermaster Office

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Military, Conservation

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Defense, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Government Office, Institutional Housing, Military Facility, Outdoor Recreation, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Government Office, Hotel, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation, Specialty Store

Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums (added 1987 - - #87001445)

Also known as See Also:Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station;Madison Museum

Norris Geyser Basin, Madison Junction, and Fishing Bridge , Yellowstone National Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al.Y, Maier,Herbert

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Museum

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Institutional Housing, Museum

North Entrance Road Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000530)

Also known as 24PA497;24YE031;48YE822

Yellowstone National Park , Yellowstone National Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

COE

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Landscape Architecture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Red Star Lodge and Sawmill (added 2003 - - #03001106)

Also known as Shoshone Lodge

349 Yellowstone Hwy. , Cody

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Commerce, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Federal, Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Manufacturing Facility, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation

Roosevelt Lodge Historic District (added 1983 - - #83003363)

Grand Loop Rd. , Yellowstone National Park

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hayes,Inc., Yellowstone Park Company

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Education, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Park, Research Facility

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

UXU Ranch (added 2003 - - #03000581)

Also known as site 48PA2391, UXU, Limited Liability Company

1710 N. Fork Highway, Shoshone National forest , Wapiti

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Commerce, Transportation, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private, Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Manufacturing Facility, Outdoor Recreation

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation