Buckey O'Neill Cabin, Log cabin in Grand Canyon Village, US
Buckey O'Neill Cabin is a one-story wood-frame building on a low stone foundation at the edge of the Grand Canyon, with a shallow-pitched roof covered in wood shingles. It is connected to the other Bright Angel Lodge buildings by compatible, unobtrusive materials and serves as one of the lodge's guest accommodations.
Buckey O'Neill built the cabin in 1890, and it is the oldest surviving structure on the South Rim. During the 1890s it served as an office for tourist accommodations that grew into the Bright Angel Hotel. After the Fred Harvey Company bought the hotel, the cabin stayed much as built, and Mary Jane Colter incorporated it into the rebuilt Bright Angel Lodge complex in 1935.
The cabin embodies early Grand Canyon tourism and demonstrates how visitors were already staying here in the 1890s. It stands today as part of Bright Angel Lodge, representing a time when the region was just beginning to welcome travelers.
The cabin is available to book as accommodation and sits centrally in Grand Canyon Village, making it easy to access other facilities and amenities nearby. The structure is visible to visitors during Bright Angel Lodge operating hours, even for those not staying inside.
The cabin was built by William Owen O'Neill, a pioneer who was also an entrepreneur and newspaper publisher in Arizona. His name is woven into the early history of the Grand Canyon, though many visitors overlook this connection.
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