The Highlands Historic District in Grand Teton National Park is a former private inholding within the park boundary. The inholding began as a 1914 homestead belonging to Harry and Elizabeth Sensenbach, who began in the 1920s to supplement their income by catering to automobile-borne tourists. In 1946 the property was purchased by Charles Byron, Jeanne Jenkins and Gloria Jenkins Wardell, who expanded the accommodations by one or two cabins a year in a U-shaped layout around a central lodge. The lodge and cabins are constructed in a rustic log style, considered compatible with park architecture. The Highlands was neither an auto camp, which encouraged short stays, nor a dude ranch, which provided ranch-style activities. The Highlands encouraged stays of moderate length, providing a variety of relatively sedentary amenities.[2][3] It was the last private-accommodation camp to be built in the park before the Mission 66 program created concessioner-operated facilities on public lands.[4]
The National Park Service acquired the property in 1972 and uses it to house seasonal employees. The acquisition allowed the Park Service to demolish most of the nearby Mages Ranch - Elbo Ranch property.[2] The Highlands was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1998.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Ann Hubber (June 1995). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Highlands Historic District (pdf). National Park Service.
- ^ "Highlands Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Wyoming State Preservation Office. August 12, 2008.
- ^ "Historic Properties Management Plan". National Park Service. January 2016. p. 222. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
External links
- Auto Camps at Grand Teton National Park
- Highlands Historic District at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
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