Gilbert Stanley Underwood, the master architect hired by Union Pacific Railroad, helped pioneer the National Park Service rustic style. At Bryce Canyon, his artistry, vision, and use of local timber and stone created structures that nested harmoniously into the landscape. The lodge’s green roof was chosen to blend with Ponderosa pines, and its shingle pattern creates a wave-like movement that mimics pine boughs blowing in the wind. The lodge’s central portion was completed in 1925, and additional wings and an auditorium were added by 1927. The Bryce Canyon lodge is the last remaining lodge from the Grand Circle Tour era after the original lodges at Zion and Grand Canyon burned down and Cedar Breaks’ lodge was dismantled. To entice tourists to lengthen their stay, the Utah Parks Company created the Grand Circle Tour, a bus trip through Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, the Kaibab Plateau, Grand Canyon North Rim, and Zion national parks and monuments.