The Old Faithful Inn is a hotel located in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, with views of Old Faithful Geyser. The Inn has a multi-storey log cabin, flanked by a long frame wing containing the guest rooms.
With its log and limb lobby and large stone fireplace (500-ton, 85-foot), the inn is an example of "Golden Age" of a rustic resort architecture, a style also known as National Park Service Rustic. It is rare that it is one of the few log hotels that still stands in the United States, and is the first of the great garden lodges in western America.
Initial construction was carried out during the winter of 1903-1904, mostly using locally obtained materials including lodgepole pines and rhyolite stones. When the Old Faithful Inn first opened in the spring of 1904, he turned on electric lights and steam.
The structure is the largest log hotel in the world; perhaps even the largest log building in the world. In 2007, the American Institute of Architects conducted a survey to determine 150 favorite buildings in America; Old Faithful Inn is ranked 36. The inn, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987, is part of the Old Faithful Historic District. Old Faithful Inn is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Design
The inn's architect is 29-year-old Robert Reamer, an architect for Yellowstone Park Company, affiliated with the Northern Pacific Railway. Reamer is employed by Harry W. Child, president of Yellowstone Park Company, who has met Reamer in San Diego through a mutual acquaintance. Reamer designed the lobby and the early phase of the guest room, known as the Old House, built in 1903-1904, mostly in the long winter. The east wing extended in 1913-14, and the west wing in 1927, creating a single structure of nearly 700 feet (210 m) in length. The Old House is rotated 90 degrees with respect to Old Faithful so the geyser view is framed by the entrance patio for the arriving visitor. The rooftop terrace provides a viewing platform to see Old Faithful eruptions and other geysers, while the main facade overlooks Geyser Hill across the Firehole River, where the old Circuit Road once flows through the fountains of hot fountains.
The main feature of the Old House is the tall, tall beam structure that holds the lobby, dominated by sharp, sharp-edged roofs. The Old House uses a log-load down the exterior wall with the interior frame of the log pole supporting seven stories, six of which are roof structures. The top saddle wall wall is a milled wooden beam with a shingle sheath. The front slope of the roof shook accented by the roof and the roof swinging, some of which are purely decorative. Both interior and exterior framing are supported by curved or curved branches, giving the entire air structure a very coarse. There are two levels of balconies, the lower one encircling the lobby and the top on two sides. The staircase rises from the second balcony to the framing platform known as the "Crow's Nest" used by musicians to entertain guests, then climbs to the top of a 92ft (28 m) saddle roof above the lobby floor. The entire structure is crowned by a rooftop road that once held a spotlight to illuminate the Old Faithful Geysers at night. The original guest wing is 3-1/2 stories on either side of the lobby. It is anchored to the ground by a rhyolite foundation that extends to the first floor window frames.
Offset to southeast corner, stone fireplace measuring 16 feet (4.9 m) square on the base. It has four main stoves, one on each face, with a smaller stove, each with a chimney, in the corners. The stone extends to the roof, and until damaged by an earthquake, a brick is extended over the roof, covered with wooden cribbing. The iron clock decorates the north face of the chimney top in the lobby. His fireplace centered on a shallow depression on the lobby floor that kept the area around his fireplace separate from the rest of the lobby. Iron custom, most prominent in the main entrance and clock, forged on the site by a blacksmith named Colpitts.
The dining room extends to the southern part of the lobby, with a wooden scissor rod supporting a shallower roof with the right angle to the roof of the lobby. The dining room has its own stone fireplace, bigger than the lobby, but still great. The Old House guest rooms retain much of their original character.
The east and west wings deliberately designed by Reamer to be less prominent than the central home. Its wings are three to four stories high with luxurious upstairs and flat roofs. The east wing is straight, initially with 100 rooms. The west wing is Y-shaped, with 150 guest rooms built. The interior wings are unusual compared to the Old House.
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History
Old Faithful Inn replaces the Upper Geyser Basin Hotel, also known as the "Shack Hotel", which has been burned down. The Northern Pacific Railroad, in the form of an operating company of the Yellowstone Park Association, is required by a concession requirement to build a new hotel no more than 1/8 mile from Old Faithful, the provisions of the Yellowstone Park Association observe the letter. The initial design was prepared by architect A.W. Spalding in 1898, produced a distinctive design at the time, a stylish, Queen Anne-style hotel. This design was approved by the Park Service, but the construction never started. The child does not hire Reamer to design a much more radical building with antecedents in the Adirondacks rural camps. Design work took place in 1902, and construction began in 1903, with work continuing until winter to open in 1904. The original cost of lodging was about $ 140,000, using materials collected from within the park. The hotel comes with $ 25,000 more. Much of the timber comes from a location about 8 miles (13 km) south of Old Faithful, where the sawmill produces boards as needed. The rock comes from the Black Sand Basin and from a site along the road to Craig Pass about five miles to the east. Unusual log bracket shaped collected from the surrounding forest.
The Inn has been expanded and modified several times. In 1913 the East Wing was added to the original structure of 120 rooms, and in 1922 the dining room was enlarged. In 1927-1928, the West Wing was built, and the front of the main building was extended. All these modifications are done under the supervision of the original architect, Robert Reamer. The addition of 1927 to the dining room has been home to the Bear Pit Lounge. Installed in 1936 not far from the lobby, the first Bear Pit featured carved wooden panels and ornamental with a funny scene involving bears, made on Reamer's suggestion. When the lounge was converted into a coffee shop, the waiting room was moved to a dining room extension and the panel was replicated on a glass engraved in 1988. Some of the original panels remain in the snack bar. In 1940, the interior logs were peeled, showing patterns made by bark beetles, and in 1966 logs were cleaned and varnished. An automatic fire sprinkler system was added in 1948, along with a fire door on the wing.
Some of the original furniture remains, while care has been taken with new pieces to keep it compatible with rough design. Some of the furniture at the Old Faithful Inn was rescued from the Canyon Hotel before it was demolished. especially the Limbert chairs in the dining room extension and some reading tables on the balcony.
The facility was closed during the Second World War (along with all the other hotels in the park) and the park was not ready for a large number of visitors in 1946.
On August 17, 1959, Old Faithful Inn was shaken by the 1959 Hebei Lake quake that tore down the chimney of the dining room fireplace and damaged the large lobby fireplace, reducing the number of usable fireplaces from eight into two. The building is partly shaken off its foundations, and access to some of the upper levels should be limited due to security concerns. There were no casualties or serious injuries at the Inn due to the earthquake. The dining room fireplace was finally rebuilt in 1985, but the exterior chimney fireplace was replaced with a single steel pipe, spotted in many exterior photos.
In 1988, the inn was seriously threatened by North Fork Fire, but was rescued by the actions of firefighters, volunteers, and sprinkler systems mounted on the roof the previous year.
The upscale rooms in East and West were additionally renovated in 1993 and 1994. In the centennial celebration of the Inn in 2004, the major multimillion dollar renovation project of the original "Old House" began construction with the help of A & amp; E Architect Missoula, Montana. The project is broken down into 3 phases of construction with a final phase scheduled for completion in June 2008. Upon completion, the building will meet current building regulations and will have a complete infrastructure update including new electrical, plumbing, and heating systems as well as a major upgrade structure. In addition to the replacement of the building system, the settlement will be cleaned and restored while retaining as much of the historic material as possible. Wooden floors and wool finishes, bathroom tiles and fixtures, new historic replica hardware, and interpretations of the original toilet stand and basin by Charles Limbert will be installed. The original elements including floor-to-ceiling and large fireplace in the main lobby and the reconstruction of a detachable log wall in the lobby will fix some modifications and changes over the years and bring back the Inn to match Reamer's closer original design. Great attention and sensitivity have been taken to integrate the system and restore and install the original and new to maintain the appearance and layout of the Inn during the period immediately after it opened in 1904.
Famous visitors
Many famous visitors, even before construction. Chester Arthur camped outside the East Wing area in 1883, Theodore Roosevelt visited the site in 1903, Warren Harding lived in 1923, Calvin Coolidge in 1927, and Franklin Roosevelt in the fall of 1937.
Christmas August
According to the park's knowledge, a strange snowstorm hit the Old Faithful Inn on 25 August around the beginning of the 20th century. Instead of lamenting the fact that they are isolated, guests are said to have taken the opportunity to celebrate Christmas in August.
In popular culture
- The Old Faithful Inn is featured in the movie Yellowstone (1936).
Influences
The Old Faithful Inn had a noticeable effect on the built environment in North American national parks, influencing the development of the Rustic National Park Service's widespread style during the 1920s. Although not the first hotel with a multilevel lobby, the concept is widespread in the mid-20th century in urban hotels. In 2007, Old Faithful Inn was voted number 36 on the list of 150 favorite buildings in the United States in a poll by the American Institute of Architects.
Historical assignment
The Old Faithful Inn was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1973. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on May 28, 1987. It is a central element in the Old Faithful Historic District, which includes Old Faithful Lodge. on the other hand Old Faithful. The Lodge, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood to provide dining and guest services to the tent cabin community, is lower and more understated in nature, but compatibly rustic.
See also
- ChÃÆ' Â ¢ teau Montebello, Canada equivalent
Note
References
- Scofield, Susan C.; Schmidt, Jeremy C. (2012). Lodging in Old Faithful (Enhanced iBook ed.). Crowsnest Books. Ã, CS1 maint: Using the author parameters (link)
Source
- The burglary, Mark Daniel. Selling Yellowstone: Capitalism and Natural Development , Lawrence, Kansas: University Press Kansas, 2002. ISBNÃ, 0-7006-1167-3
- Haines, Aubrey L. Yellowstone Story: Our First National Park History , Niwot, Colorado: University Press Colorado, 1996. ISBNÃ, 0-87081-390-0
- Kaiser, Harvey H. Landscape Landmark: Historic Architecture in Western National Park , San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997, ISBNÃ, 0-8118-1854-3
- Quinn, Ruth. Dream Weaver: The Life and Architecture of Robert C. Reamer , Gardiner, Montana: Leslie & amp; Ruth Quinn, 2004. ISBNÃ, 0-9760945-0-9
External links
- Architecture in the Park: Theme The History of the Theme of National History: Old Faithful Inn, at the National Park Service.
- Old Faithful Inn, 900 'northeast of Snowlodge & amp; 1050 'west of Old Faithful Lodge, Yellowstone National Park, Teton, WY at America's Historic Buildings Survey
- Old Faithful Inn at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
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