Wild Basin House

{{short description|Historic house in Colorado, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Wild Basin House

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Colorado

| designated_other1_date =

| designated_other1_number = 5BL.2390

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Wild Basin House.jpg

| caption =

| nearest_city = Estes Park, Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|40|12|29|N|105|33|56|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Colorado#USA

| built = 1931

| architect = National Park Service Branch of Plans and Design

| architecture = NPS Rustic Architecture

| added = January 29, 1988

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000077|title=Rocky Mountain National Park MRA}}

| refnum = 87001125{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Wild Basin House was built in the southeastern corner of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, USA in 1931. The log residence was built to plans provided by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs at a cost of $2500, in the National Park Service rustic style. The one-story house measures {{convert|23|ft|m}} by {{convert|31|ft|m}}, resting on a fieldstone foundation, with a shallow-pitched wood shingle roof. The interior comprises three rooms.{{cite web|last=McWilliams|first=Carl and Karen|title=Classified Structure Field Report: Wild Basin House|url={{NRHP url|id=87001125}}|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=24 August 2011|date=August 20, 1985}}

The Wild Basin House was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1988. The Wild Basin Ranger Station, also listed on the NRHP, is nearby.