National and State Register

Greenwood Lodge

Grand County

The 1932 Greenwood Lodge is significant for its association with politics/government and entertainment/recreation as an excellent example of the United States Forest Service Recreation Residence program.  The cabin was built during the second phase of the program, which was called Rapid Development and Aggressive Promotion during the period from 1915 to 1940.

A photo of the cabin with log walls and gabled roof with extended gabled entrance with porch.

Greenwood Lodge

The cabin is one of two "isolated cabin" properties classified as such by the Forest Service remaining today within the Arapaho National Forest.  The Cabin is also significant for its Rustic style architecture and Landscape Architecture, both of which were important parts of the Recreation Residence Program.  Character-defining features of the Rustic style on the cabin include V-notching, a native stone chimney, rubble stone foundation, and multiple-paned windows.