- North Entrance Road Historic District
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North Entrance Road Historic District
Nearest city: Yellowstone National Park, Montana and Wyoming Coordinates: 45°0′24″N 110°41′58″W / 45.00667°N 110.69944°WCoordinates: 45°0′24″N 110°41′58″W / 45.00667°N 110.69944°W Built: 1883 Architect: COE Architectural style: Other Governing body: National Park Service MPS: Yellowstone National Park MPS NRHP Reference#: 02000529 and 02000530 Added to NRHP: May 22, 2002[1] The North Entrance Road Historic District comprises Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance Road from Gardiner, Montana to the park headquarters at Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming, a distance of a little over five miles (8 km). The North Entrance Road was the first major road in the park, necessary to join the U.S. Army station at Fort Yellowstone to the Northern Pacific Railroad at Gardiner. The road includes the Roosevelt Arch at the northern boundary of the park and winds through rolling terrain before crossing the Gardner River and joining the Grand Loop Road.[2] The road was planned in 1883 by Lieutenant Dan Kingman of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and later on improved by Captain Hiram M. Chittenden of the Corps.,.[3][4] It replaced the old Gardiner High Road which went from behind the Mammoth Hotel north over the ridges west of the river to the town of Gardiner. The first permanent entrance station to house rangers checking vehicle entering the park was constructed in 1921. It replaced temporary tents used by rangers at the Roosevelt Arch.[5]
The North Entrance Road is an unsigned portion of US 89.
Images of the North Entrance Road Historic District Gardner River Crossing, 1901Lower Gardner River, 1923Grand Loop bridge over Gardner RiverNorthern Pacific Railroad Terminal at northern end of road.Stagecoaches enroute to Mammoth, 1904Stagecoaches at MammothLower Gardner River road, 1912North Entrance Station, 1922North Entrance Station, 1936New North Entrance Station, 1938North Entrance Station, 1949North Entrance Station, 1990Contents
See also
- Fort Yellowstone
- Grand Loop Road Historic District
- Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
- Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
- Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
- Old Faithful Historic District
Further reading
- The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service. 1994. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/yell_roads/hrst.htm.
Notes
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "North Entrance Road Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. 2008-10-01. http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/site.aspx?id=491.
- ^ Marcy Shivers Culpin, Christine Whitacre, Catherine Lentz and Lon Johnson (2001). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: North Entrance Road Historic DistrictPDF (521 KB). National Park Service
- ^ Bartlett, Richard A. (1989). Yellowstone-A Wilderness Besieged. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. pp. 75–80. ISBN 0816510989.
- ^ The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service. 1994. pp. 299. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/yell_roads/hrst.htm.
External links
- North Entrance Road, Between Gardiner, MT & Mammoth Hot Springs, WY, Gardiner vicinity, Park County, MT: 11 data pages, 1 photo caption page, 1 color transparency, at Historic American Building Survey
- Gardner River Bridge, Spanning Gardner River at North Entrance Road, Yellowstone National Park, Park County, WY: 3 drawings, 12 photos, 1 photo caption page, 9 data pages, at Historic American Building Survey
- National Park Service Video - Old Gardiner Road
- North Entrance Road Historic District at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
National Register of Historic Places in Yellowstone National Park National Historic Landmarks National Historic Landmark District Other historic districts Grand Loop Road Historic District | Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District | North Entrance Road Historic District | Old Faithful Historic District | Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
Other properties Fishing Bridge Museum | Lake Hotel | Lamar Buffalo Ranch | Madison Museum | Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District | Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station | Obsidian Cliff Kiosk | Queen's Laundry Bath House | US Post Office-Yellowstone Main
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