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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.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Glacier National Park. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Glacier National Park, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude ...
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.
Starting in 1964 the existing cabins were sold to tenured camp patrons. In 1988 a Kelly descendant sold the Big House and one cabin to the Park Service in exchange for a life estate. Property changed hands through the 2000s. [3] Since the 2018 fire several of the cabins have been rebuilt by the descendants of the original and new owners and [4]
The White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins are located in rural Ogle County, Illinois near the village of Mount Morris. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Cabins are one of two Historic Places found in or near Mount Morris, the other is the Samuel M. Hitt House .
Washington State Parks has purchased the Bear Creek Lodge property on the edge of the state park's border along Washington State Route 206. The $3.1 million purchase includes two parcels totaling ...
The Rising Sun Auto Camp was created for these new tourists. Located in the Rising Sun region of the park, it includes a rustic general store, [14] built in 1941 by the Glacier Park Hotel Company, surrounded by a number of log tourist cabins., [15] as well as a shower and laundry house and other supporting structures. [16] Rising Sun tourist cabin