National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Yellowstone National Park.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming and Montana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.[1]

There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the park, five of which are National Historic Landmarks.


          This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 10, 2024.[2]

Current listings

[3]Name on the RegisterImageDate listed[4]Location City or townDescription
1Fort Yellowstone
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 / 44.975; -110.698056 (Fort Yellowstone)
Yellowstone National ParkHeadquarters 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]
2Grand Loop Road Historic District
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 / 44.703453; -110.593345 (Grand Loop Road Historic District)
Yellowstone National ParkThe 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]
3Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District
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 / 44.54967; -110.404228 (Lake Fish Hatchery Historic District)
Lake, WyomingFish 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]
4Lake Hotel
Lake Hotel
May 16, 1991
(#91000637)
235 Yellowstone Lake Rd.
44°32′59″N 110°24′01″W / 44.54985°N 110.400156°W / 44.54985; -110.400156 (Lake Hotel)
Lake, WyomingThe park's only surviving grand early hotel, established in 1891, altered and expanded in Colonial Revival style beginning in 1903 by Robert Reamer.[8]
5Lamar Buffalo Ranch
Lamar Buffalo Ranch
December 7, 1982
(#82001835)
Northeast Entrance Rd.
44°53′44″N 110°14′08″W / 44.895556°N 110.235556°W / 44.895556; -110.235556 (Lamar Buffalo Ranch)
Lamar ValleyFive-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]
6Madison Museum
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 / 44.642222; -110.862139 (Madison Museum)
Madison Junction, Wyoming1930 museum significant for its NPS rustic design and association with the park service's adoption of visitor education as an objective.[10]
7Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District
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 / 44.974167; -110.698889 (Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District)
Mammoth, WyomingThe 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]
8Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station
Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station
July 21, 1983
(#83003362)
Grand Loop Rd.
44°43′35″N 110°42′12″W / 44.726278°N 110.703454°W / 44.726278; -110.703454 (Norris Museum/Norris Comfort Station)
Norris Geyser BasinRustic 1929 museum and 1930s restroom dating to the early years of the National Park Service's visitor education initiatives.[12]
9Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums
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 / 44.563018; -110.377748 (Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums)
Yellowstone National ParkThree 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]
10North Entrance Road Historic District
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 / 45; -110.692889 (North Entrance Road Historic District)
Gardiner, MontanaFive-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]
11Northeast Entrance Station
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 / 45.004498; -110.010427 (Northeast Entrance Station)
Silver Gate, MontanaWell-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]
12Obsidian Cliff
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 / 44.821944; -110.727778 (Obsidian Cliff)
Mammoth, WyomingPivotal 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]
13Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
Obsidian Cliff Kiosk
July 9, 1982
(#82001719)
Grand Loop Rd.
44°49′26″N 110°43′45″W / 44.823976°N 110.729249°W / 44.823976; -110.729249 (Obsidian Cliff Kiosk)
Mammoth, WyomingThe first roadside interpretive exhibit in the national park system, built in 1931 in superlative National Park Service rustic style.[17]
14Old Faithful Historic District
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 / 44.453611; -110.835833 (Old Faithful Historic District)
Upper Geyser BasinVisitor 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]
15Old Faithful Inn
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 / 44.459841; -110.831245 (Old Faithful Inn)
Upper Geyser BasinMasterful 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]
16Queen's Laundry Bath House
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 / 44.563678; -110.870574 (Queen's Laundry Bath House)
Lower Geyser BasinRuins 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]
17Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic District
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 / 44.966389; -109.478333 (Red Lodge-Cooke City Approach Road Historic District)
Cooke City, Montana60-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]
18Roosevelt Lodge Historic District
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 / 44.9125; -110.416944 (Roosevelt Lodge Historic District)
Tower Junction, WyomingRustic 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]
19US Post Office-Yellowstone Main
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 / 44.976944; -110.698889 (US Post Office-Yellowstone Main)
Mammoth, Wyoming1937 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]

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