Old Faithful Inn lobby with a huge stone chimney and tiers of log balconies — Yellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA / Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. View source

Mountain Modern & Rustic · Corbels, Brackets & Ornament

Lobby of the Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone (1904)

The lobby of the Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park, designed by Robert Reamer and opened in 1904, with a massive stone chimney and tiers of log balconies held up by branching log brackets.

The Old Faithful Inn is the founding example of 'parkitecture', the rustic style of the national park lodges. Its lobby rises nearly 80 feet, with a huge stone chimney at the center and balconies framed in logs. The brackets and railings use twisted, branching lodgepole pine, so the structure looks grown rather than built. This rustic tradition is the ancestor of Colorado's mountain style, and its log brackets and heavy timber details remain the reference point for lodge-like interiors.

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Heavy-timber brackets, railings and mantel beams; branching forms can be carved or assembled from selected stock. Signature tier.

A custom version typically runs $220–$550 per piece, shipped.

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