Vol. 35 (2012)
Intern Report

Architectural Preservation Internship Report Grand Teton National Park

Caroline Engel
University of Edinburgh

Published 2012-01-01

Abstract

As an architectural preservation intern at the Grand Teton National Park, I worked on a number of projects over the summer of 2012. The primary research project that spanned the two months was an investigation into the history of the Upper Granite Patrol Cabin. Questions had been raised by my supervisors Katherine Longfield and Betsy Engel as to what purpose the original cabin had been built, with reason to believe it may have been built as a poacherâs cabin. Using resources within the GTNP, the Jackson Hole Historical Society, and research on similar building types, I determined that the cabin was not likely to be a poacherâs cabin, but was most likely to be an early rangerâs patrol cabin, built before