Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter

United States historic place


Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Rainbow Point Shelter
37°28′31″N 112°14′21″W / 37.47528°N 112.23917°W / 37.47528; -112.23917
Built	1940
Architect	NPS
Architectural style	NPS "Exaggerated" Rustic
MPS	Bryce Canyon National Park MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000427
Added to NRHP	April 25, 1995^[1]

The Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah were designed in 1939 by A.V. Jory of the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs in the National Park Service Rustic style. Located at the southern end of the Rim Road at Rainbow Point, the buildings were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940.^[2]

The "comfort station", otherwise known as a public toilet, is set back from the rim of Bryce Canyon. The comfort station is designed in the "logs-out" style, sheathed in V-joint wood shiplap siding, with half-round logs covering the joints. The roof is framed with log rafters. The shelter is located directly on the edge of the canyon, facing outwards. The shelter uses massive vertical log posts supporting a log-framed roof. Vertical board siding is used as an infill on the rear half, which is open to the canyon on the front. Siding encloses two small storage areas behind the main interpretive displays.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ ^a ^b Janene Caywood (December 31, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

Media related to Rainbow Point Comfort Station and Overlook Shelter at Wikimedia Commons

Photographs of the Rainbow Point facilities 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

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