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Grand Canyon Inn and Campground

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714: 289:, where he established Wylie's Tent Camps to service automobile-borne tourists. In 1916 Wylie established a similar tent camp, the Wylie Way Camp, at Bright Angel Point with ten sleeping tents and a dining tent, operating in summer months. In 1924 management of the camp was taken over by Wylie's daughter Elizabeth and her husband Thomas H. McKee. Two years later they began building permanent frame cabins, culminating in 38 frame cabins, 16 tented cabins, a central pavilion, utility buildings and a power plant before they were bought out by the Utah Parks Company. 76: 101: 814: 108: 83: 59: 332:
Four studs-out duplex cabins are located to the rear of the Inn. These gabled cabins were built in 1934, with an interior renovation in 1961. The duplexes are T-shaped with individual toilets adjoining in an extension. Ten more duplex cabins, built with shared toilets, are log cabins with stone front
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The Grand Canyon Inn building is a single-story structure measuring about 73.5 feet (22.4 m) by 41.85 feet (12.76 m) with irregular extensions to the rear and a smaller projection to the front. The rustic building is a "studs-out" structure with the sheathing on the inside of the exposed
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Located about 1 mile (1.6 km) back from Bright Angel Point, the Inn's accommodations were less desirable than the Lodge's, which were almost on the edge of the precipice. The Inn building became a dining facility, then a store. The former tourist cabins became Park Service and concessioner
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porches. They are identical to the Grand Canyon Lodge's "regular," "economy," or "standard" cabins. Another 27 cabins are exposed-frame single-family cabins. Other structures include the laundry and the firehouse, as well as a washhouse or former dormitory and a linen house.
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structural framing. The corners are marked by peeled log posts, similar to those supporting the large porch across the building's front, which has been enclosed. The building features clerestory windows between the porch roof and the main roof.
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The North Rim Campground lies just to the south of the Inn. The campground's log restrooms and stone firewood enclosures are included in the historic district for their historical integrity and architectural character.
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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Grand Canyon National Park
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
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National Register of Historic Places in Grand Canyon National Park
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National Register of Historic Places in Coconino County, Arizona
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1956 Grand Canyon TWA – United Airlines Aviation Accident Site
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The former Inn, cabins and campground were placed on the
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Trans-Canyon Telephone Line, Grand Canyon National Park
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Buildings and structures in Coconino County, Arizona
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Grand Canyon Inn and Campground is located in Arizona
Grand Canyon Inn and Campground is located in the United States
North Rim
Grand Canyon National Park
Arizona
36°12′36.7″N 112°03′38.2″W / 36.210194°N 112.060611°W / 36.210194; -112.060611
Gilbert Stanley Underwood
82001872
Utah Parks Company
North Rim
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Canyon Lodge
Bright Angel Point
Grand Canyon North Rim Headquarters
Gilbert Stanley Underwood
Yellowstone National Park
Union Pacific Railroad
Zion
Bryce Canyon
Cedar Breaks National Monument
Gilbert Stanley Underwood
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places


"National Register Information System"

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