Preserving Nature in the National Parks
A History
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Top: Glacier National Park's Many
Glacier Hotel. An example of chalet-style rustic architecture intended
to harmonize with national park scenery, the Many Glacier Hotel was
completed by the Great Northern Railway Company in 1915. Promoting
Glacier as the "American Alps," the company also built a series of small
chalets throughout the park. (National Park Service Historic Photograph
Collections, Harpers Ferry Center. George A. Grant, photographer.)
Bottom: The Norris Museum, at Yellowstone's Norris Geyser Basin.
Rockefeller family philanthropy bestowed many benefits on the national
parks, including the Norris Museum—a classic example of rustic
architecture. Featuring heavy log and stone construction, and commonly
seen in the large national parks, rustic architecture became known as
"parkitecture." (National Park Service Historic Photograph Collections,
Harpers Ferry Center, Dorr G. Yeager, photographer.)
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