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The Wort-Stilson-Pucci Cabin was evaluated for local significance under Criterion A for its associations with the commerce and recreation areas of significance. It was utilized as an outfitters cabin from 1930 until 2014, under several prominent local families who held one of the oldest outfitting licenses in the area. Many homesteaders and ranchers first arrived in Jackson Hole to hunt, and then later set up their claims. Others arrived to cater to the hunting and outfitting businesses, and acted as guides to supplement their incomes. The cabin supported one of these operations, and is one of the only outfitters cabins to serve a single use for the majority of its working life, and is one of the last remaining examples in Teton County of this property type. This amendment to the former Wort-Puche [sic] a/k/a Gap Puche [sic] Cabin is updating the name, the applicable criteria, and extending the period of significance for this property.

The name is changing from Wort-Pucci to Wort-Stilson-Pucci to reflect the 40-year contribution of the Stilson family to the outfitting history in Jackson Hole, now within the period of significance. They were partners with John Wort and eventually bought out his share of the business in 1939. The Stilson family then operated their outfitting business out of this cabin until they sold to Gap Pucci in 1976.

This amendment is also changing John Wort’s associations with this cabin from Criterion B to Criterion A. This is because of his stronger associations with other buildings on the National Register in Teton County under Criterion B. The Wort Hotel in Jackson was added to the National Register in 2001, and the Gladys and John Wort House, also in Jackson, has a pending National Register nomination.