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Lake Hotel

United States historic place in Yellowstone National Park (yell), Wyoming. Built 1891 by Robert Reamer. Added to the National Register in 1991, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkBuilt 1891Listed 1991Colonial Revival architectureRobert Reamer
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What it is

Wikipedia · Lake Hotel

The Lake Hotel, also known as Lake Yellowstone Hotel, is one of a series of hotels built to accommodate visitors to Yellowstone National Park in the late 19th and early 20th century. Built in 1891, it is the oldest operating hotel in the park. It was re-designed and substantially expanded by Robert Reamer, architect of the Old Faithful Inn in 1903. In contrast to the Old Faithful Inn and many other western park facilities, the Lake Hotel is a relatively plain clapboarded Colonial Revival structure with three large Ionic porticoes facing Yellowstone Lake. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2015.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressNorth side of Lake Yellowstone St., Yellowstone National Park (yell), WY
CountyTeton County
ListedMay 16, 1991
Reference number91000637
Built1891
ArchitectRobert Reamer
Type of placelake resort
StyleColonial Revival architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressNorth side of Lake Yellowstone St., Yellowstone National Park (yell), WY
Websiteyellowstonenationalparklodges.com/lodgings/cabin/lake-yellowstone-hotel-cabins ↗
Coordinates44.54975, -110.40088 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitYellowstone National Park · 8 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyLewis Lake Campground 22 mi · Threemile Campground 22 mi · Tower Fall Campground 23 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 91000637. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.