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Building the National Parks, The Historic Landscape Design of the National Park Service

Building the National Parks, The Historic Landscape Design of the National Park Service

by Linda McClelland

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

A detailed, scholarly history of the National Park Service and the legacy of early 20th century buildings, roads, and trails in the parks from the great lodges to camp sites and comfort stations. With 118 archival photographs and chapters on the landscape architects and designers who worked in the national parks. McClelland is a historian for the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service.  (USA117, $39.00)


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