The circa 1923 residence is a rustic adaptation of the Southern California Craftsman style to the Rocky Mountain west. The first story is of concrete daubed, fire-killed logs, while the second story is of frame construction.

The National Park Service (NPS) completed the first section of the Lake Haiyaha Trail to Nymph Lake in 1930.  Construction progressed in stages.  The next half-mile, up to Dream Lake, was completed in 1931.  Work on the final section between Dream and Haiyaha commenced in 1933, under the supervision of Rocky Mountain National Park’s first landscape architect to specialized in trail work - Allison van V. Dunn. 

Located in the Estes-Poudre District of the Roosevelt National Forest, the 60 acre site includes surviving buildings that reflect local late 19th and early 20th century ranching history.

The inn played an important part in the development of tourism in the Estes Park region.  Established in 1917, near the original trailhead at the base of Long’s Peak, the inn was one of the first to be constructed in the area.

Often considered to be the largest early engineering project designed to divert water from the western slope of the Rocky Mountains to the South Platte River, the 14.3 mile long Grand Ditch was first used to divert water across La Poudre Pass by the Larimer County Ditch Company in 1890.

Often considered to be the largest early engineering project designed to divert water from the western slope of the Rocky Mountains to the South Platte River, the 14.3 mile long Grand Ditch was first used to divert water across La Poudre Pass by the Larimer County Ditch Company in 1890.

Built in 1930 of logs on poured cement, the station is typical of National Park Service Rustic style architecture in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The trail is associated with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes Park region, particularly in its function as an equestrian route.  The trail assumed its current alignment with the completion of alterations in 1923.  

Associated with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes Park region, the trail grew from the 20th century movement to develop national parks for public enjoyment. 

With the first complete route established by 1906, 4.8-mile Fern Lake Trail has long served tourists to Rocky Mountain National Park and the Estes Park area.  Providing a scenic route through the park, the trail’s destinations include Fern Lake and Odessa Lake.  In the 1920s, Fern Lake had become a ski destination with the Colorado Mountain Club making annual wintertime outings to Fern Lake from 1916-1934.