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UER Forum > Archived US: Mid-Atlantic > Elkmont at GSMNP (Viewed 288 times) blueblocker  Location: Guam, USA Gender: Male  |  Elkmont at GSMNP < on 6/14/2006 7:16 PM >   Has anyone been to Elkmont at Great Smoky Mountain National Park? Elkmont is a campground and ranger station located in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountain National Park in between Gatlinburg and Townsend along the Laurel Creek Road. Prior the park’s creation in the 1930s, Elkmont was a logging camp and summer vacation community to Knoxville’s elite. Elkmont once boasted over seventy buildings including a train station, the Wonderland Hotel and two hunting lodges. Unlike the local farmers who were forced to sell their land and homes and move, the Elkmont community was allowed to maintain life-long leases on their summer cottages. In the 1980s the cottages and remaining buildings became listed on the U.S. Register of Historic Places. The cottages were privately maintained until all leases were terminated in 1992 with the intention of removing all buildings and returning the area to a natural state. A lively debate ensued between the environmentalists who sought removal and return to nature and preservationists who fought to keep the buildings. This year the Park presented its final plan to remove all but 18 of the buildings. Today there are 74 buildings remaining in various states of decay. While some are beyond repair, most are in good shape. The bottom line is most will be gone by the end of next year. click to view click to view click to view click to view click to view Elkmont information on the National Park Service website Blueblocker is now a full member of uer :) LizBellum  Gender: Female Be really excellent at everything!  |  |  Re: Elkmont at GSMNP <Reply # 1 on 6/14/2006 8:01 PM >   Hi Ben, Elkmont is actually near Little River Rd, not Laurel Creek. Get with the Cultural Resources Management program, buddy. Cheers! - Yer co-worker. flickrgrrrrl :: boyfuckingracer UE Expert  Location: Greenville, SC Gender: Male  |  Re: Elkmont at GSMNP <Reply # 2 on 12/22/2006 6:31 PM >   I've been there, its a really cool place, my favorite is the huge recreation house, or club house with the piano. UER Forum > Archived US: Mid-Atlantic > Elkmont at GSMNP (Viewed 288 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 125 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 738610986 pages have been generated.