Gilbert Stanley Underwood designed the Zion Lodge as part of a series of similar structures for the Utah Parks Company at the north rim of the Grand Canyon and at Bryce Canyon National Park. Underwood's design was more modest in scale and detailing than those at the Grand Canyon and Bryce, substituting milled lumber for whole logs in a "studs-out" style.
Gilbert Stanley Underwood designed Zion Lodge as part of a series of similar structures for the Utah Parks Company at the north rim of both the Grand Canyon and Bryce Canyon National Park. His design was less elaborate than those found at the Grand Canyon and Bryce, using milled lumber instead of whole logs in a "studs-out" style construction.