The Bryce Canyon Lodge was constructed in the early 1920's by the Union Pacific Railroad as a way to gain more tourists in the area. In 1987, this lodge was acknowledged as a National Historic Landmark, and today is the only national park lodge from the era to still be intact and actively running. Crowning this rustic lodge was a bright hunter green roof made up of cedar shingles with a wave pattern giving the whole roof a unique sense of motion.  The last reroofing did not include the original roof pattern, but with preservation in mind, the roof was matched as closely to the original as possible. A few months after the shingle installation which allowed the shingles to dry, the painting process began; the lodge’s designer (Gilbert Stanley Underwood) choose the hunter green roof to blend in with the Ponderosa Pines surrounding the lodge.