National Historic Landmark · park entrance station · Yellowstone National Park, Montana

Northeast Entrance Station

United States historic place in Yellowstone National Park, Montana. Added to the National Register in 1987, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1987
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Northeast Entrance Station

The Northeast Entrance Station to Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Montana, is a rustic log building designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Design under the direction of Thomas Chalmers Vint and built in 1935. The entrance station straddles U.S. Route 212 (US 212) west of Silver Gate. A combined ranger station and residence is located nearby. All buildings were constructed by George Larkin of Gardiner, Montana.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressUS 212, Yellowstone National Park, MT
CountyPark County
ListedMay 28, 1987
Reference number87001435
Type of placepark entrance station
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources2 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
AddressUS 212, Yellowstone National Park, MT
Coordinates45.00470, -110.01002 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitYellowstone National Park · 38 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbySoda Butte Campground 5 mi · Slough Creek Campground 15 mi · Snowbank Campground 19 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 87001435. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.