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Highlands Historic District
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Highlands Dining Room and Lodge
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| Nearest city: | Moose, Wyoming |
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| Architect: | multiple |
| Architectural style: | Other |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| MPS: | Grand Teton National Park MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 98001029 |
| Added to NRHP: | August 19, 1998[1] |
The Highlands Historic District in Grand Teton National Park is a former private inholding within the park boundary. The inholding began as a 1914 homestead belonging to Harry and Elizabeth Sensenbach, who began in the 1920s to supplement their income by catering to automobile-borne tourists. In 1946 the property was purchased by Charles Byron, Jeanne Jenkins and Gloria Jenkins Wardell, who expanded the accommodations by one or two cabins a year in a U-shaped layout around a central lodge. The lodge and cabins are constructed in a rustic log style, considered compatible with park architecture. The Highlands was neither an auto camp, which encouraged short stays, not a dude ranch, which provided ranch-style activities. The Highlands encouraged stays of moderate length, providing a variety of relatively sedentary amenities.[2][3]
The National Park Service acquired the property in 1972 and uses it to house seasonal employees. The acquisition allowed the Park Service to demolish most of the nearby Mages Ranch - Elbo Ranch property.[2] The Highlands was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 19, 1998.[1]
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