Teton County Historic Preservation Board

🎃 Happy Halloween! October is Cemetery Month, and we’re sharing the story of the Granite Ridge Cemetery located at Teton Village. The cemetery was established in 1902 during a diphtheria outbreak. It serviced the homesteads in the small community known as “Teton” which was north of Wilson, and in the vicinity of today’s Teton Village.

🪦 Granite Ridge is the final resting place of Eliza Seaton, who homesteaded near Granite Creek. She is notable for being one of the valley’s earlier sole female homesteaders. She sold her homestead to Coulter Huyler, who turned it into the Bear Paw Dude Ranch. The Eliza Seaton cabin at the Rocking H Ranch is on the Teton County list of Historically Significant Properties.

🔮 This small, private cemetery has restricted access, please be respectful of and observe all postage signage when visiting.

📸: Eliza Seaton at her cabin & the Granite Ridge Cemetery.

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H is for: Hipped roof!
A roof with four sloped sides and a central ridgeline. Examples of this roof type can be seen all over town. The oldest and most visible example is the Clubhouse, which is on the east side of the Town Square. The Clubhouse was the first commercial building in Jackson, built in 1896. Around 1900 it was given a second story and the current hipped roof.

Have you seen a hipped roof? Take a photo and tag us.
📥 Have suggestions or questions for this series? Leave them below!

📸: Clubhouse, HJH 1958.4257.001 and Matt Stirn Photography.
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Applications to save this historic cabin are due the end of next week on November 1! Priority is given to those keeping it within town, which will also help maintain its historical significance.

The cabin was home to Clara Raab Toppan’s CPA office from 1945 until 1953. Toppan was the first female CPA in the state of Wyoming, and one of the youngest. When she graduated from the University of Wyoming with a degree in accounting, she was too young to take the certification test. Instead she relocated to Washington D.C. to study and gain practical experience before returning home to Wyoming. Her office was busy, and she hired an all female staff to keep up with demands.

The cabin was also home to Alpine Realty, a real estate office run primarily by Dorothy Mercer. Mercer was the second female realtor to operate in Jackson Hole, and she opened the door for many others to follow. She was appointed to several state and national committees and associations for realtors and was recognized for her more than three decades of dedication to the field.

In addition to these two notable local women, the cabin has hosted a variety of other businesses. It also is the only example of this style of architecture ever built in Teton County. Because of these associations, it is historically significant and needs to find a new home. See link in bio for Mercer Cabin Relocation information.

📸: Photo by Samantha Ford & LIFE Magazine, 1948. Photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt in its original location on South Cache Street.

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🗓️ We`ve got a Special Meeting next Tuesday, October 22nd at 12pm via Zoom. We`ll be discussing demo permit DEM24-0009 for 155 Moran St.

👥The public is welcome to comment at every meeting. For details about this meeting, see the links below:

📋 AGENDA: https://tetonhistoricpreservation.org/tchpb-meeting-documents/
💻 ZOOM LINK: https://bit.ly/teton-preservation-zoom

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The Secretary’s Standards for the treatment of historic properties are an important set of guidelines that help protect historic resources. They are: Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reconstruction.

This month we’re looking at Rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation is the process of repairing or replacing certain elements of a building to allow a continued use. The use must be compatible with its history, and the work cannot change or alter any of the character defining features that contribute to its historic significance. A good local example of a rehabilitation project is the White Grass Ranch, which historically operated as a dude ranch. Today it houses the Western Center for Historic Preservation, which hosts national training programs and students get to live in the historic dude cabins. A lot of work was done to repair the logs and roofs, but overall the character of the ranch hasn’t changed.

To read more on the Secretary’s Standards, please visit the link in our bio.

To read more on the Secretary’s Standards, please visit: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1739/secretary-standards-treatment-historic-properties.htm

📸: Hammond Cabin (HJH 1958.2565.001), Courtesy of White Grass Heritage Project.

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Did you know the three cabins at the Luther Taylor homestead were built in 1923 and 1910? You probably think of this as the “Shane Cabin,” but it’s actually part of the oldest intact early homestead in Jackson Hole. Many people think this was built for the Shane movie, but it is actually quite older with its own history.

Interested to learn more about Luther Taylor and this 100+ year old homestead? See the link in our bio for the Historical Atlas of Jackson Hole.

Interested to learn more about Luther Taylor and this 100+ year old homestead? See the link in our bio.

📸: Collection of History Jackson Hole & Samantha Ford

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