Emerson Parks House

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Emerson Parks House
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Location504 2nd St., Ten Sleep, Wyoming
Coordinates 44°02′03″N107°26′40″W / 44.034192°N 107.444465°W / 44.034192; -107.444465
Built1929
NRHP reference No. 16000265 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 2016

The Emerson Parks House in Ten Sleep, Wyoming is a historic two-story log house built in 1929. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. [1]

It was home of Emerson Parks (1887-1965) and his wife Ina Miller Parks. [2]

The house was built using the "butt and pass" method of log construction, a kind of false notching, utilizing D-shaped milled logs presumably from the local Bighorn Mountains. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Barbara Chaney (2014). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Emerson Parks House" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved May 22, 2017. With 14 photos from 2014.