Current listings
| [3] | Name on the Register | Image | Date listed[4] | Location | City or town | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Yellowstone |  |
July 31, 2003 (#03001032) |
Mammoth and Norris, Wyoming; Gardiner, Montana; near Buffalo Lake, Idaho 44°58′30″N 110°41′53″W / 44.975°N 110.698056°W | Yellowstone National Park | Headquarters complex and remote patrol cabins built during the initial administration of the park by the U.S. Army 1886–1918, establishing policies and procedures that influenced subsequent conservation and national park management.[5] |
| 2 | Grand Loop Road Historic District |  |
December 23, 2003 (#03001345) |
Grand Loop Rd. 44°42′12″N 110°35′36″W / 44.703453°N 110.593345°W | Yellowstone National Park | The nation's first large planned park road system, developed 1872–1905 in challenging conditions by the Army Corps of Engineers under Hiram M. Chittenden (1858–1917). Comprises 140 miles (230 km) and nine 1930s bridges harmonized to the setting.[6] |
| 3 | Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District |  |
December 7, 1982 (#85001416) |
Yellowstone Lake Rd. 44°32′59″N 110°24′15″W / 44.54967°N 110.404228°W | Lake, Wyoming | Fish hatchery complex with nine rustic contributing properties built 1930–1932, a reminder of the 57 years of fish stocking in the park and changed conservation policies.[7] |
| 4 | Lake Hotel |  |
May 16, 1991 (#91000637) |
235 Yellowstone Lake Rd. 44°32′59″N 110°24′01″W / 44.54985°N 110.400156°W | Lake, Wyoming | The park's only surviving grand early hotel, established in 1891, altered and expanded in Colonial Revival style beginning in 1903 by Robert Reamer.[8] |
| 5 | Lamar Buffalo Ranch |  |
December 7, 1982 (#82001835) |
Northeast Entrance Rd. 44°53′44″N 110°14′08″W / 44.895556°N 110.235556°W | Lamar Valley | Five-building complex used for bison management 1907–1952, initially under cattle ranching methods, illustrating bison conservation, the evolution of wildlife management practices, and changing park ranger duties.[9] |
| 6 | Madison Museum |  |
July 9, 1982 (#82001720) |
Grand Loop Rd. and West Entrance Rd. 44°38′32″N 110°51′44″W / 44.642222°N 110.862139°W | Madison Junction, Wyoming | 1930 museum significant for its NPS rustic design and association with the park service's adoption of visitor education as an objective.[10] |
| 7 | Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District | .jpg) |
March 20, 2002 (#02000257) |
North Entrance Rd. and Mammoth–Norris Rd. 44°58′27″N 110°41′56″W / 44.974167°N 110.698889°W | Mammoth, Wyoming | The park's longstanding administrative and concession headquarters, with 192 contributing properties built 1891–1948. Associated with the development of Yellowstone and national park policies in general, the New Deal, and numerous architectural styles.[11] |
| 8 | Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station | .jpg) |
July 21, 1983 (#83003362) |
Grand Loop Rd. 44°43′35″N 110°42′12″W / 44.726278°N 110.703454°W | Norris Geyser Basin | Rustic 1929 museum and 1930s restroom dating to the early years of the National Park Service's visitor education initiatives.[12] |
| 9 | Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums |  |
May 28, 1987 (#87001445) |
Norris Geyser Basin, Madison Junction, and Fishing Bridge 44°33′47″N 110°22′40″W / 44.563018°N 110.377748°W | Yellowstone National Park | Three trailside museums and a staff residence built 1929–1931, whose National Park Service rustic architecture was a major influence on buildings in national, state, and county parks around the U.S. during the New Deal.[13] |
| 10 | North Entrance Road Historic District |  |
May 22, 2002 (#02000529) |
U.S. Route 89 between Gardiner and Mammoth 45°00′00″N 110°41′34″W / 45°N 110.692889°W | Gardiner, Montana | Five-mile (8 km) entrance road and iconic 1903 Roosevelt Arch, associated with the park's planned road system, early Army Corps of Engineers contributions, seminal rustic style, and the first entrance marking at a national park.[14] |
| 11 | Northeast Entrance Station |  |
May 28, 1987 (#87001435) |
U.S. Route 212 45°00′16″N 110°00′38″W / 45.004498°N 110.010427°W | Silver Gate, Montana | Well-preserved park entrance complex with two buildings, constructed in 1935 and promoted in New Deal-era training guides as a paragon of rustic style for park facilities.[15] |
| 12 | Obsidian Cliff |  |
June 19, 1996 (#96000973) |
Approximately 13 miles south of Mammoth; east side of U.S. Route 89 south of Obsidian Cliff Kiosk 44°49′19″N 110°43′40″W / 44.821944°N 110.727778°W | Mammoth, Wyoming | Pivotal Native American quarrying site for obsidian tools and ceremonial objects traded throughout the North American interior for 11,500 years. Also a key site in the development of geochemical analysis of stone archaeological artifacts.[16] |
| 13 | Obsidian Cliff Kiosk |  |
July 9, 1982 (#82001719) |
Grand Loop Rd. 44°49′26″N 110°43′45″W / 44.823976°N 110.729249°W | Mammoth, Wyoming | The first roadside interpretive exhibit in the national park system, built in 1931 in superlative National Park Service rustic style.[17] |
| 14 | Old Faithful Historic District |  |
December 7, 1982 (#82001839) |
Both sides of Grand Loop Rd. at Old Faithful Geyser 44°27′13″N 110°50′09″W / 44.453611°N 110.835833°W | Upper Geyser Basin | Visitor service complex representing the NPS's early-20th-century development of automobile tourist facilities and its aesthetic use of rustic architecture even on utilitarian buildings.[18] |
| 15 | Old Faithful Inn |  |
July 23, 1973 (#73000226) |
3200 Old Faithful Inn Rd. 44°27′35″N 110°49′52″W / 44.459841°N 110.831245°W | Upper Geyser Basin | Masterful and rare surviving example of a log hotel, built 1903–1927; a key precursor of National Park Service rustic style and hotel design.[19] Also a contributing property to the Old Faithful Historic District.[18] |
| 16 | Queen's Laundry Bath House |  |
July 25, 2001 (#01000790) |
Sentinel Meadows 44°33′49″N 110°52′14″W / 44.563678°N 110.870574°W | Lower Geyser Basin | Ruins of an 1881 bath house, the first federally-funded visitor facility built in a national park. Also associated with Philetus Norris (1821–1885) and the park's early years under a civilian superintendent.[20] |
| 17 | Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic District |  |
May 8, 2014 (#14000219) |
U.S. Route 212 44°57′59″N 109°28′42″W / 44.966389°N 109.478333°W | Cooke City, Montana | 60-mile (97 km) alpine road built 1931–1936, better known as the Beartooth Highway. Significant for federal scenic route planning, new recreational access, and engineering in challenging conditions.[21] |
| 18 | Roosevelt Lodge Historic District |  |
April 4, 1983 (#83003363) |
100 Roosevelt Lodge Rd. 44°54′45″N 110°25′01″W / 44.9125°N 110.416944°W | Tower Junction, Wyoming | Rustic lodge and cabin complex with 124 contributing properties built 1919–1938, associated with the park's early educational programs and development of accommodations for middle-class automobile tourists.[22] |
| 19 | US Post Office-Yellowstone Main |  |
May 19, 1987 (#87000789) |
114 Albright Ave. 44°58′37″N 110°41′56″W / 44.976944°N 110.698889°W | Mammoth, Wyoming | 1937 post office, the only example in the western U.S. merging a standard Moderne plan with French Renaissance Revival elements. Also a contributing property to the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District.[23] |
