See also: Gilbert Stanley Underwood buildings

Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890–1960) was an American architect

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 best known for his National Park

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 lodges. Born in 1890, Underwood received his B.A. from Yale

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 in 1920 and a M.A. from Harvard in 1923. After opening an office in Los Angeles

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 that year, he became associated with Daniel Ray Hull

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 of the National Park Service

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. This led to a commission with the Utah Parks Company of the Union Pacific Railroad

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 which was developing the parks in hopes of producing destinations for travelers.