The Entrance Station at

Devils Tower National Monument Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fo ...

is a log cabin in the National Park Service Rustic style, built in 1941. The cabin is based on 1933 plans created 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 ...

Landscape Division for a now-vanished caretaker's cabin at Aspenglen Campground in

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 ...

, adapted by NPS architect Howard W. Baker of the Branch of Plans and Design for dual use as an entrance station and as a residence. It features a unique porch with rough-cut projecting log ends in a scooped pattern. The interior was renovated in 1999, replacing the living spaces with office space.

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National Park Service
Devils Tower First Fifty Years - The Early Years

Devils Tower First Fifty Years - The 1930s
Devils Tower Entrance Station
at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office Government buildings completed in 1941 Houses completed in 1941 National Register of Historic Places in Devils Tower National Monument Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming National Park Service rustic in Wyoming Buildings and structures in Crook County, Wyoming {{Wyoming-NRHP-stub

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