Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic District, Historic ranger station complex in Grand Teton National Park, United States.
The Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic District is a group of log buildings in Grand Teton National Park, near Jenny Lake. It includes a small rectangular log cabin with a log-pole front porch and V-pattern half-log sheathing on its gable, a long log studio with clerestory windows, and two comfort stations. The Crandall Studio now serves as a book and gift store and visitor center.
The ranger station was rebuilt around 1930 from a log cabin Lee Mangus built about 1925 north of Moose, Wyoming, and moved to the Jenny Lake site. Harrison Crandall's photo studio, built near String Lake in 1925–26, was relocated here after the Park Service bought his property in 1931. Civilian Conservation Corps crews from Camp NP-4 built the comfort stations in 1934 and 1935. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 1990.
The Crandall Studio now houses a book and gift shop run by the Grand Teton Association and doubles as a small visitor center. Harrison Crandall, a Kansan who settled in Jackson Hole in 1921, sold scenic photographs of the Tetons and souvenir shots of dudes at local dude ranches, and also painted works collected by John D. Rockefeller Jr.
The complex is accessible from the lakeshore trail and serves as the main stop for hikers and climbers seeking route information and safety guidance. Visitors should plan to arrive early in the day, as the station becomes crowded during peak hours.
Photographer Harrison Crandall operated a studio here where he captured and sold images of the Teton Range, which later became part of the park's archives. His studio remained active until 1958, when a lodge company took over operations.
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