Bryce Canyon Lodge
The Lodge at Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon City, UT 84764 855-765-0255 nps. gov / brca / planyourvisit / lodging. htm
The site for Bryce Canyon Lodge was selected in 1923 and construction completed two years later.
Now called“ The Lodge at Bryce Canyon,” this is the only remaining member of four lodges designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood for the Utah Parks Company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad( Zion Lodge, Grand Canyon Lodge and Cedar Breaks Lodge were the other three). The first two burned and the last was torn down.
Paradise Inn
52807 Paradise Valley Road E Ashford, WA 98304 360-569-2275 nps. gov / places / paradise-inn. htm
Paradise Inn in Mount Rainier National Park was mostly constructed in 1916 and welcomed its first guests in July of the following year. The hotel initially had 37 guest rooms and a dining room that could seat 400. Nearby platform tents provided bedding for additional guests. An annex with 104 guest rooms was constructed in the early 1920s.
Nearly 300 housekeeping cabins plus a service building named“ Paradise Lodge” with a cafeteria and additional guest rooms was added in the early 1930s. A nine-hole golf course constructed in 1931 experienced a short life. The tent cabins were removed in 1930 and in the early 1940s Paradise Lodge was closed and the housekeeping cabins sold and removed.
Old Faithful Inn
3200 Old Faithful Inn Road Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190 307-344-7311 nps. gov / places / 000 / old-faithful-inn. htm
Designed by architect Robert Reamer and financed by the Northern Pacific Railroad, Old Faithful Inn opened in 1904. The hotel’ s east wing was added in 1919 and the west wing in 1927. The inn in the photo is without its portico that framed the famed geyser for arriving guests.
The inn was named for the famed geyser and replaced an earlier hotel that burned in 1894. The hotel lobby is an exhibit of masterful design and craftsmanship.
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