page_title: Architects of the National Park Service
section_title: Zion National Park
hierarchical_section_title: Architects of the National Park Service / Works / Utah / Zion National Park
caption_attribution_description: English: The sign at the east entrance to Zion National Park.
context_page_description: Architects of the National Park Service are the architects and landscape architects who were employed by the National Park Service starting in 1918 to design buildings, structures, roads, trails and other features in the United States National Parks. Many of their works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a number have also been designated as National Historic Landmarks.
  The National Park Service was established in 1916, and Charles Punchard, Jr. became its first landscape architect in July 1918. Punchard died in 1920 and was replaced by his assistant, Daniel Ray Hull. In 1922, Hull hired Thomas Chalmers Vint as a draftsman. Vint became the head of the Landscape Architectural Division after Hull retired in 1927. Vint remained with the NPS until he retired in 1961 and is credited with directing and shaping landscape planning and development at the NPS. Vint also significantly expanded the design group's staffing in the late 1920s and 1930s, starting in 1928 with Merel S. Sager. The NPS Branch of Plans and Designs was organized in 1933. Vint was appointed as the first chief architect, with Charles E. Peterson in charge of the Eastern Division and William G.
context_section_description: Angels Landing Trail-West Rim Trail (1926), Angels Landing, Zion National Park (planned by Thomas Chalmers Vint of the NPS Branch of Plans and Design and Walter Ruesch, Zion Park building foreman), NRHP-listed
  The Cable Creek Bridge (1932), on the Floor of the Valley Road, Zion National Park (designed by NPS Western Office of Design and Construction), NRHP-listed
  East and South Entrance Signs (1936), Zion National Park (designed by NPS Branch of Plans and Designs; altered in 1950 to design of NPS architects H.W. Young and A.C. Kuehl), NRHP-listed
  East Entrance Checking Station (1935), East Entrance, Zion National Park (designed by NPS Branch of Plans and Design), NRHP-listed
  East Entrance Residence, East Entrance 150 ft. north of Utah Route 9, Springdale, Utah (designed by NPS's Branch of Plans and Design; built by CCC), NRHP-listed
  Floor of the Valley Road, Zion National Park (built in 1916, later redesigned by NPS Branch of Plans and Designs to highlight the natural features of the valley while presenting a natural-appearing built environment), NRHP-listed
  Gateway to the Narrows Trail (1928), one-mile trail along the Virgin River, Zion National Park, Utah (designed by NPS engineer Guy D. Edwards), NRHP-listed
  Grotto Camping Ground Comfort Stations (1925), Grotto Picnic Area near Grotto Residence, east of Scenic Dr., Springdale, Utah (designed by NPS architect Harry Langley), NRHP-listed
  Grotto Trail (1932), begins at Zion Lodge, running along the floor of the valley to the Zion Museum at what is now the Grotto Picnic Area (designed by NPS landscape architect Harry Langley), NRHP-listed
  Museum-Grotto Residence, southeast of Grotto Picnic Area, Springdale, Utah (designed by Harry Langley of NPS Branch of Plans and Designs), NRHP-listed
  Oak Creek Historic District, off State Route 9 along bank of Oak Creek, Springdale, Utah (NPS), NRHP-listed
  Pine Creek Historic District (1929-1930), Zion National Park (designed by Thomas Chalmers Vint), NRHP-listed
  South Campground Comfort Station (1934), South Campground at north end of campsite loop, Springdale, Utah (designed by W. G. Carnes of the NPS Western Division of Plans and Design), NRHP-listed
caption: East Entrance Sign
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