Room in Old Faithful Inn
Yellowstone Park, Wyoming
Yellowstone Park, Wyoming
| For more postcard views of the Old Faithful Inn, see the History of the Old Faithful Inn section. |
This is an early 1900s-era divided-back postcard produced for the Northern Pacific Railroad by an unidentified manufacturer. This first-floor room of the Old Faithful Inn is still in use as a guest room. The basic appearance of these rooms has changed little, with log facings on the walls and original candle-style lighting fixtures as shown here. This woman would probably feel at home in this room if she were to return to the present-day inn. On the back of the card the printed message reads Northern Pacific is the Original, Direct, and Only Line to Gardiner Gateway, Official Entrance to Yellowstone National Park. |
| (left) In 1987 the Old Faithful Inn was added as a National Historic Landmark. Today, fewer than 2,500 historic places bear this national distinction. The following statement of significance describes the Old Faithful Inn's qualification for this status: "This Landmark was the first building in a National Park constructed in an architectural style harmonious with the grandeur of the surrounding landscape. Old Faithful Inn reflects Adirondack Rustic architectural idiom, but blown up to enormous proportions. Its seven-story high log lobby is unique in American architecture. Created with gnarled logs and rough sawn wood for the Northern Pacific Railroad, it has a sense of place as identifiable as the Park itself." (Click here for floorplan of the Old Faithful Inn as submitted on the application for the National Register of Historic Places.) |