Northeast Entrance Station, Park entrance station in Park County, United States.
Northeast Entrance Station is a rustic log entrance station straddling US Route 212 west of Silver Gate, in Park County, Montana. A central block with the office and two checking windows is flanked by smaller blocks, each with a checking window, joined by a long gabled roof. The walls are lodgepole pine logs cut within the park, with saddle-jointed, randomly beveled corners, on a local stone foundation.
The station was built in 1935 under architect Thomas Chalmers Vint as part of early Yellowstone development. It received National Historic Landmark designation in 1987 for its architectural importance to park design.
The station appeared in the National Park Service planbook Park and Recreational Structures as a model design for park buildings. Its log construction may owe something to Silver Gate's 1932 decision to build entirely in logs. George Larkin of Gardiner, Montana, built the station and the nearby ranger residence.
The station straddles US Route 212 just west of Silver Gate, on the road into Yellowstone from the northeast. A combined ranger station and residence stands nearby, and the entrance station itself spans the centre of the roadway, so drivers pass through its checking windows. Earth floors inside were replaced with concrete slabs.
The building's corners display saddle-notched joinery, a traditional log-building technique that uses locally sourced materials. This construction method helps prevent wood from cracking during temperature swings.
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