National Park Service
Hammond Cabin at the White Grass Dude Ranch, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Credit: National Trust for Historic Preservation
For more than 20 years, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has worked to save historic places in the National Park System. From the Plum Orchard Mansion at Cumberland Island National Seashore to the majestic Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park, the historic places in our National Parks showcase the breadth of American history. As with cultural resources under the care of many federal agencies, historic places in our National Parks are threatened by a lack of funding and often a lack of agency will to protect them. This is particularly true in parks where some park managers believe protecting cultural and historic sites conflicts with their mandate to protect natural resources. In fact, twenty historic sites managed by the National Park Service have appeared on the National Trust's list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places since its inception in 1988.
Learn more about the National Trust's effort to protect cultural and historic resources on the National Park System:
Resources
The Countryside Initiative at Cuyahoga Valley National Park
From the Summer 2002 edition of the National Trust's Forum Journal, Darwin Kelsey on the National Park Service's efforts to revitalize the rural landscape in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
From Rustic Romanticism to Modernism, and Beyond: Architectural Resources in the National Parks
From the Summer 2002 edition of the National Trust's Forum Journal, Robert Frankeberger and James Garrison explore architectural resources on the National Park System.
Learn about recent activities to promote the rehabilitation of the historic White Grass Dude Ranch and about preservation projects completed by the Historic Preservation Center.
Western Center for Historic Preservation at the White Grass Dude Ranch
Learn about the National Trust for Historic Preservation's partnership with Grand Teton National Park to rehabilitate the historic White Grass Dude Ranch to become a center to train park staff, volunteers and contractors in the preservation and reuse of rustic structures.
