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Pere Marquette State Park was not acquired until May 1932. Known then as Piasa Bluff State Park, the 1,511-acre (611 ha) park was the largest in Illinois at the time. In 1933 the state park system's development picked up. Under the governorship of Henry Horner the lodge projects at the state parks began.
The prominent site on the lakeshore was developed as the major tourist accommodation on the west side of the park. In addition to the rustic Swiss-chalet-styled lodge building, there are a number of structures built during the early 20th century, including eleven log cabins built in 1907 near the lodge and two more built in 1918.
The Lake McDonald Lodge is a historic lodge located within Glacier National Park, on the southeast shore of Lake McDonald. The lodge is a 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-story structure built in 1913 based on Kirtland Cutter's design. The foundation and first floor walls are built of stone, with a wood-frame superstructure.
The rustic log cabin is an early example of what would become a typical style of western park structure. [2] The district includes a cabin used as a residence for the summer fire guard. The site would have been among those inundated by the proposed Glacier View Dam, which would have flooded much of the North Fork Flathead River valley ...
[2] [3] The cabin's proximity to the Alpine-themed Many Glacier Hotel may have influenced the decorative detailing, which is unique in Glacier. The only other frame patrol cabin is the Fielding Cabin, in the southern part of the park. The cabin was completely reconstructed in the 1980s "to thwart a particularly aggressive pack rat population". [4]
It is part of the Illinois State Park Lodges and Cabins Thematic Resources. The park was established in 1927 and the lodge was built in 1934 as a project of the Civilian Conservation Corps . [ 1 ] The museum itself opened in the lodge in 1939 [ 2 ] with a collection started by Dr. John Hauberg, a Rock Island philanthropist.
Kelly's Camp is a small district of vacation cabins on the west shore of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Kelly's Camp consists of twelve log buildings along the western shore of the lake. The structures were notable for being one of the most extensive summer cabin enclaves remaining in the park.
The Alice Beck Cabin, also known as the John T. Robinson Cabin, is a recreational cabin on the eastern shore of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana.The cabin was built around the year 1910, which was the same time that a number of other summer camps were built, and was also prior to the establishment of the park itself.