The impressive building that housed the Huff Memorial Library, also known as the Teton County Library, in Jackson, Wyoming is a single story log building constructed between 1938 and 1940. The significance of this building rests in its association with the growth of the community in ways that reach beyond traditional conceptions of education, or even beyond economics and culture, ways that reflect community needs and participation and commitment. Many institutions such as libraries are public in name, but this one derived from the people throughout the community, including people from its most renowned leaders to its humblest citizens who shared in common their value of the written word.

The Hunter Hereford Ranch has a diverse history, extending from 1909 when James Williams homesteaded 160 acres, throughout the 1940s and 1950s when William Hunter, Eileen Hunter, and ranch foreman John Anderson developed the site into a prototype of Jackson Hole ''Hobby Ranches'', to the 1960s when the site and its plethora of log buildings and spectacular views was chosen as the town site in the western film The Wild Country. The historic district is significant for its association with the growth of hobby ranches and for its association with vernacular architecture and with architect-designed rustic architecture. After William Hunter's death, Eileen Hunter sold the property to the National Park Service in 1957 yet retained rights to the water, land, grazing, and buildings for the remainder of her lifetime. Management of the ranch remained in John Anderson's hands for over twenty years. Upon Eileen Hunter's death in 1989, the National Park Service leased the rights to Hunter Hereford and adjacent Smith-Talbot infrastructure to the Triangle X Dude Ranch. This lease agreement was terminated in 1991 and the buildings abandoned as part of the Park Service's long-term plans to return the area to its natural state.

Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43 is a single story building located one block north of the town square in Jackson, Wyoming. The building is significant for its association with events that have made a contribution to the broad patterns of history in the community. Organized in Jackson in 1920, the local post of the American Legion constructed its own building in 1928 and 1929 and both the institution and the building became centers of community activity. While on the national level the organization emerged especially as a force to press for specific policies on the part of the federal government, at the local level this post appears to have eschewed controversy and embraced all members of the community in its efforts to improve the circumstances of life in Jackson Hole. The building serving as home for Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43 has provided a broad range of community functions that have extended well beyond the political and economic agenda of the national organization. During the period of its historic significance, 1929-1953, this organization, and the building where it conducted its business, has reflected the shift from rural to urban leadership in the valley, has served as a central location of entertainment and recreation, has provided a forum for the investigation of issues critical not only to the community but to decision-makers in the U.S. Senate, has promoted the cause of education and library access in the growing community, and has established itself as an eminent, constant, and distinctive institution in community development. Each step of the way the post reflected fundamental contours of the broad patterns of history at the local level.

On a high terrace overlooking a marshy willow flat and Jackson Lake, with the Grand Teton Range as a backdrop, stands the Jackson Lake Lodge, a predominantly International Style hotel completed in 1955 in the Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Gilbert Stanley Underwood, former Supervising Architect of the United States, designed the lodge and its component buildings for John D. Rockefeller, Jr.'s Grand Teton Lodge and Transportation Company. In addition to the main lodge building, the complex includes a series of ''cottages,'' one-story attached room units in groups of four to ten. Most of the cottages came about as part of the construction of the Jackson Lake Lodge complex. Others at the outer fringes of the grouping date later, from the 1960s and 1970s. Also part of the Jackson Lake Lodge complex is a stable and a gas station dating from the period of initial construction. Located within the landmark boundary are cottages and two-story guest lodgings, employee housing units, a swimming pool added in 1964, a medical station and a telephone utility building, all constructed after the period of significance (1950-1955) and considered non-contributing to the NHL district. A system of driveways, walkway and trails are considered integral to the district. The integrity of the Jackson Lake Lodge and its associated buildings, the exceptional importance of the integrated modern/rustic architectural design of the building as a precursor to the modern architecture in the National Parks known as Mission 66, and its association with nationally renowned architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood, contribute to its exceptional national significance under National Historic Landmark criteria.

The Jenny Lake boat concession buildings -- Reimer's cabin, a boathouse, a boat dock and two employee cabins -- are located in the southwestern corner of Grand Teton National Park, on a peninsula of land that extends into Jenny Lake. The Jenny Lake area was the first to be developed by the National Park Service after establishment of the park in 1929. Even before the park was established a boat ''concessioner'' operated on Jenny Lake under a Forest Service Special Use Permit. Local residents and park staff consistently refer to the boathouse as the Wort boathouse in reference to first concessioner Charles Wort. By 1935 Robert Reimer had assumed the boat concession license. Reimer's new residence was completed during the summer of 1937. Reimer's cabin is a significant example of National Park Service rustic architecture.

The Jenny Lake Ranger Station Historic District is significant because it remains as a clear statement of the local interpretation of the National Park Service rustic building philosophy of the 1930s at Grand Teton National Park. The district contains the only clearly dateable examples of the local rebuilding of acquired structures into ones to fit park needs and design standards in the Park. It is also significant in that it was built by the National Park Service as one of the first ranger stations and visitor centers in the Park. It remained the center of visitor activity until 1960 when new buildings specifically built for that purpose were completed. Finally, the district contains examples of three types of rustic architecture, all from the 1930s, that represent many other buildings both extant and now removed in the Park. The district has a building built by the Service using recycled parts (ranger station), a concessioner rebuilt building of the 1930s fitting the rustic mold, and the two comfort stations representing the Civilian Conservation Corps work to improve visitor facilities in the Park. The ranger station itself was rebuilt from a cabin first built by Lee Mangus about 1925 and acquired by the Park Service about 1930. The cabin originally was located north of Moose a few miles. The building was moved to Jenny Lake in 1930 and served as a visitor center and ranger station for thirty years.

The Kimmel Kabins is a historic district built in 1937 by J. D. and Lura Kimmel consisting of eleven cabins, a lodge/dining hall, and a footbridge in a complex that straddles Cottonwood Creek south of Jenny Lake. At one time there also was a store and office, now removed. The buildings are built in a style referred to as dude ranch style. The design of the individual buildings and the overall complex retains the appearance of a 1920s-1930s motor court with the attempt by the builders to achieve a feeling of pioneer log structures. The Kimmel Kabins historic district is significant because it is the lone surviving example of a motor court type at Grand Teton National Park. During the period between World War I and World War II as many as a dozen tourist camp/motor courts were in business within the Park. In 1962 Lura Kimmel died and the cabins became seasonal housing for the National Park Service.

Leek's Lodge is a log building structured to house the office, lounge, dining room and kitchen of an early 20th century resort complex catering to an outdoor recreation type clientele. The Lodge is primarily significant for the man who built it and who was its first owner. During the 1890s and the early 1900s, Steven N. Leek became a leader in the conservation movement. Leek was responsible for the nation's first great major wildlife refuge--the Federal Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole. In 1924 or 1925 Leek established a semi-permanent type camp for the comfort and enjoyment of his recreation oriented clientele--hunters, fishermen, and pack horse trip enthusiasts. Leek's camp was a success and starting in 1926 and finishing in 1927, he built the lodge and other structures including a boathouse, workshop, docks, and guest cabins.

The Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin was built in the early 1920s using standardized plans of the United States Forest Service to be a backcountry ranger patrol cabin for horse patrols. It was built on the northern edge of Leigh Lake northwest of Moose, Wyoming, along a former patrol trail into the Teton Mountains. The cabin was built in an adaptation of vernacular style as defined by the Forest Service for backcountry cabins. It was one of the first ranger cabins to be built in the backcountry in Grand Teton National Park when Congress established the original boundaries for the Park. Since then it has continued to be a part of the Park Service's system of patrol cabins for resource and visitor protection.

Manges Cabin was constructed in 1911 by James Manges and is significant for its association with vernacular architecture. It was originally built as part of Manges Elbo Ranch homestead and was later used as part of a tourist facility which included twelve guest cabins. By 1956 the National Park Service had acquired the property and converted the ranch to employee housing. Around 1973 the Park Service removed many of the structures on the property and converted Manges Cabin to a barn.

Menor's Ferry was a 19th century ferry operation crossing the Snake River near present day Moose, Wyoming. In 1892 Bill Menor came into Jackson Hole and settled on a homestead by squatter's right. Menor built a ferry that would carry a wagon load of logs and a four horse team across the Snake in one trip. The site includes the homesite of Mr. Menor as well as the Ferry itself. In 1929 the Rockefeller family came into possession of the property and restored it. In 1953 the site became the property of the National Park Service.

The Robert E. Miller Cabin complex consists of three historic buildings that served as the residence of Robert E. Miller, the first superintendent of Teton National Monument. The property was later transferred to what would later become the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a component of the National Elk Refuge. The site is significant because of its association with the historic pattern of settlement in Jackson Hole and because of its association with conservation activities. The ranch house, the Forest Service cabin, and the barn are integral to the Robert E. and Grace G. Miller Ranch, also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They represent an important convergence of settlement, ranching, and conservation as distinct elements of the history of Jackson Hole.

The Moose Entrance Kiosk was built during the period 1934-1939 by either the Public Works Administration or the Civilian Conservation Corps for the National Park Service using Service developed plans for natural parks. Before its move to its present location during the early 1960s the kiosk was located closer to the Old Administrative/Housing area of the Park at Beaver Creek, the heart of Grand Teton National Park until completion of the newer headquarters complex where the kiosk is now located. The kiosk is significant because it remains as a clear statement of the National Park Service rustic style of architecture of the 1930s. It is the only example of that particular building type in the Park.

Like the cabins at Upper Granite Canyon, Cascade Canyon, and Death Canyon, the Moran Bay Patrol Cabin is significant for its association with Grand Teton National Park administration and development, and for its association with federal rustic architecture. The cabin was constructed around 1932 and appears to have been shared by various federal agencies. The cabin is located in an area that was administered by the U.S. Forest Service from around 1905 until 1943. The building conforms to a standard design used widely by the Forest Service for backcountry cabins. In 1943, with the establishment of Grant Teton National Monument, the National Park Service assumed administrative control. Administrative trails linked Moran Bay Cabin with other National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service backcountry infrastructure.

Mormon Row is a linear array of uniform building complexes lining the north-south Jackson to Moran Road located at the southeast corner of Grand Teton National Park. The community once extended from the Gros Ventre River at the south to north of Blacktail Butte. Extant buildings are now limited to six building clusters and an isolated ruin representing six homestead withdrawals. These homestead withdrawals comprise the Mormon Row Historic District/rural historic landscape. Associated landscape features include elaborate fence and corral systems; the Mormon Row Ditch system; remains of the Johnson/Eggleston Ditch; a domestic dump; a hay derrick; the community swimming hole dammed in an intermittent drainage; windrows marking the location of formal homes and of the community church; and the cultivated fields and pasturage laboriously cleared by the original settlers.

The Mormon Row Historic District is significant in architecture and history. The district's period of significance extends from settlement of the Andy Chambers, John Moulton, and T.A. Moulton homesteads in 1908 to the 1950s when extension of Grand Teton National Park marked the end of concerted agricultural development. The community illustrates the extension of the ''Mormon Culture Region'' from Utah, Idaho, and Arizona, to interspersed communities throughout the west. The community also represents late-frontier Mormon settlement of high and arid country, where homesteaders practiced diversified agriculture on a limited land base, where multiple generations inhabited the family farm (or the adjoining farm), and where the number of failed homesteads equaled or exceeded the successful enterprises.

The Murie Ranch is located at the southern end of Grand Teton National Park just south of the Moose to Wilson Road. The complex consists of three building clusters: the main residential buildings; secondary guest cabins with associated outhouses; and utilitarian buildings. The Olaus Murie residence and studio were listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 for their association with regional conservation. The property listing was expanded in 1998 to include the adjacent buildings originally part of the 1920s STS Dude Ranch yet later used as home and office space for scientist Adolph Murie and his wife Louise, as housing and meeting space for the 1953 annual meeting of the Wilderness Society Council, and as seasonal housing for the students, friends, and writers who converged on the Murie Ranch throughout the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

The larger district is significant for its association with conservationists Olaus and Margaret (Mardy) Murie and with scientist Adolph Murie. The district's period of significance extends from the Muries' purchase in 1945 until the 1964 passage of the Wilderness Act, one year after Wilderness Society director and president Olaus Murie's death. As Wilderness Society director, Murie argued compellingly for the expansion of Grand Teton National Park, the creation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and the preservation of the Ohio and Chesapeake Canal. In the process of these debates, Murie labored over the value and definition of wilderness. In perhaps his most enduring legacy, Murie demanded that our fiduciary responsibility for preservation of the natural world not be based on economical expediency but on the preservation of wilderness for its own sake, for its unquantifiable importance in our spiritual lives. The Murie Ranch was the scene for debates and decisions that set the tone for the Wilderness Society and for the entire American conservation community.

The Old Administrative Area Historic District consists of five houses with associated garages, an office building, and three large office/warehouse buildings. The district is significant as a clear statement of the National Park Service rustic style of the 1930s at Grand Teton National Park. The houses, warehouses, and administrative building are the only examples of those particular building plans in the Park. The complex was built during the period 1934-1939 by the Public Works Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps for the National Park Service using Service developed plans for natural parks. The district served as the headquarters and heart of Grand Teton National Park until completion of the new headquarters complex a few miles away at Moose, Wyoming during the 1960s.

The Ramshorn Dude Ranch Lodge, now the main building of the Teton Science School, is located in the southeastern corner of Grand Teton National Park. The Teton Science School campus contains the Lodge, over fifteen residences and small cabins, an ice house, a historic barn, and the imposing Hunter Hereford residence, moved from the Hunter Hereford Ranch and converted to a dining room in 1990. While the entire property retained insufficient integrity of setting and association for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, the Ramshorn Lodge retains remarkable integrity of design, workmanship, and materials, and is significant for its characteristics of dude ranch rustic architecture.

In 1935, mountaineer and climbing concessioner Paul Petzoldt (who would later found the National Outdoor Leadership School) purchased Ransom Adam's homestead at the mouth of Gros Ventre Canyon and proceeded to convert the property to a dude ranch. Petzoldt constructed the lodge, barn, and a few cabins using logs harvested from the surrounding hills. The Ramshorn soon became one of Jackson Hole's most exclusive destination resorts.

The Rosencrans Cabin Historic District is a three acre plot of ground in the Bridger-Teton National Forest east of Moran Junction. The district contains five log structures and the grave of forest ranger Rudolf ''Rosie'' Rosencrans. From this location Rosencrans rode horseback through Two Ocean Pass, the Upper Yellowstone and Thorofare country, and other areas of the forest which he administered in the early 1900s. Rosencrans built the first ranger station in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in 1915. The district is significant for its association with Rosencrans, who as one of the first rangers in the Forest, played an administrative role in the early history of the U.S. Forest Service.

The Snake River Land Company Residence and Office is the primary historic resource associated with J.D. Rockefeller and his Snake River Land Company located in Grand Teton National Park. Constructed as a private residence for well-to-do eastern politician John Hogan, the site was developed as a fox farm and small-scale guest ranch in 1926. The Snake River Land Company purchased the property in 1930 and used it as a base to manage the use and development of the company’s Jackson Hole properties.