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The Wild Basin House was built in the southeastern corner of
Rocky Mountain National Park Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately northwest of Denver in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and ...
in
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
, USA in 1931. The log residence was built to plans provided by the
National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
Branch of Plans and Designs at a cost of $2500, in the
National Park Service rustic National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings ...
style. The one-story house measures by , resting on a fieldstone foundation, with a shallow-pitched wood shingle roof. The interior comprises three rooms. The Wild Basin House was placed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on January 29, 1988. The Wild Basin Ranger Station, also listed on the NRHP, is nearby.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boulder County, Colorado. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boulder County, Col ...


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Colorado Houses completed in 1931 National Park Service rustic in Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Rocky Mountain National Park Houses in Boulder County, Colorado National Register of Historic Places in Boulder County, Colorado 1931 establishments in Colorado {{Colorado-NRHP-stub