Utah Parks Company Service Station

United States historic place


Utah Parks Company Service Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


37°37′45″N 112°9′59″W / 37.62917°N 112.16639°W / 37.62917; -112.16639
Built	1947
Architect	Spence, Ambrose; et al.
Architectural style	Modern Movement
MPS	Bryce Canyon National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000426
Added to NRHP	April 25, 1995^[1]

The Utah Parks Company Service Station in Bryce Canyon National Park was built in 1947 to serve automobile-borne visitors to the park. The service station was designed for the Utah Parks Company by architect Ambrose Spence in a style that was sympathetic to the prevailing National Park Service Rustic style, but was much simpler and more modern in character. In this manner, it foreshadowed the consciously simplified designs developed during the Mission 66 project.

The service station is located between the Bryce Canyon Lodge and Sunrise Point. The dominant feature is a coursed sandstone wall that curves around the structure. The front of the service station is similar to many modern stations, with a series of flat roofs in different planes projecting from the stone wall. A prominent canopy shelters the pumps. The interior comprises a sales room, storage room, service bay and two toilets.^[2]

The station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Caywood, Janene (December 31, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Utah Parks Company Service Station". National Park Service. Retrieved June 19, 2009.

External links

Media related to Utah Parks Company Service Station at Wikimedia Commons

Photographs of the Utah Parks Company Service Station at the National Park Service's NRHP database

National Register of Historic Places in Bryce Canyon National Park

National Historic Landmark Districts

Bryce Canyon Lodge and Deluxe Cabins

Other historic districts

Other properties

Bryce Inn
Horse Barn
Loop C Comfort Station
Loop D Comfort Station
Old Administration Building
Old National Park Service Housing Historic District
Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter
Riggs Spring Fire Trail
Under-the-Rim Trail
Utah Parks Company Service Station

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places portal Category