Timberline Cabin Explained

Timberline Cabin
Coordinates:40.4417°N -105.7436°W
Built:1925
Architecture:NPS Rustic Architecture
Added:January 29, 1988
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:87001136

The Timberline Cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA was built in 1925 to house workers on the Fall River Road. The National Park Service rustic style cabin was designed by the National Park Service's Landscape Engineering Division under the direction of Thomas Chalmers Vint. The cabin was later used as a patrol cabin and as a caretaker's residence.[1]

The one-story cabin stood above the timberline. It was built of concrete with a stone veneer. The roof framing used peeled logs with an asphalt roll roofing weather surface, protected by a log lattice on top. The cabin had two doors and ten windows, and measured about 32.33feet by 16.33feet.[1]

The Timberline Cabin was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1988. It has since been demolished.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: McWilliams. Carl and Karen. [{{NRHP url|id=87001136}} Classified Structure Field Report: Timberline Cabin]. National Park Service. 26 August 2011. August 1, 1985.
  2. Web site: Listing of Historic Non-Extant Structures Records. National Park Service. 2014-03-17.