Hotel in Yellowstone designated as national historic landmark

A hotel in Yellowstone National Park has been named one of five new national historic landmarks.

In a news release Wednesday, the Department of the Interior gave the following historical background on the Lake Hotel:

“Initially constructed in 1891, the Lake Hotel was entirely reconceived in the first decades of the 20th century as a grand resort hotel displaying the Colonial Revival style as adapted to the context of a national park in the Western United States. Located on the north shore of Yellowstone Lake, the hotel expansion and redesign was spearheaded by noted architect Robert C. Reamer.”

Also added to the list of more than 2,500 historic landmarks were Samara (John E. and Catherine E. Christian House) in West Lafayette, Indiana; California Powder Works Bridge in Santa Cruz County, California; McGregor Memorial Conference Center in Detroit, Michigan; and Brookline Reservoir of the Cochituate Aqueduct, Brookline, Massachusetts.