Yakima Park Stockade Group

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Yakima Park Stockade Group
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Location: Sunrise (Yakima Park), Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Coordinates: 46°54′49.31″N 121°38′32.45″W / 46.9136972, -121.6423472Coordinates: 46°54′49.31″N 121°38′32.45″W / 46.9136972, -121.6423472
Built/Founded: 1930
Architect: Ernest A. Davidson; Et al.
Architectural style(s): Other
Designated as NHL: May 28, 1987[1]
Added to NRHP: May 28, 1987[2]
NRHP Reference#: 87001337
Governing body: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Yakima Park Stockade Group, also known as North and South Blockhouses, Museum, and Stockade at Sunrise, is a building complex consisting of four log buildings in Mount Rainier National Park that is architecturally significant on its own. The first of the blockhouses and the stockade were built in 1930, while the second blockhouse followed in 1943.[3]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.[1][4][5]


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Yakima Park Stockade Group. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ Filley 1996, p. 70
  4. ^ Laura Soullière Harrison (1985), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Yakima Park Stockade Group / North and South Blockhouses, Museum, and Stockade at SunrisePDF (32 KB), National Park Service  and Accompanying 28 photos, exterior and interior, from 1985PDF (32 KB)
  5. ^ "Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Yakima Park Stockade Group", by Laura Soullière Harrison. National Historic Landmark Theme Study. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.

[edit] Sources

  • Filley, Bette (1996). The Big Fact Book About Mount Rainier, Dunamis House, ISBN 1880405067.
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