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Giant Forest Village-Camp Kaweah Historic District
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Giant Forest District ranger residence
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| Nearest city: | Three Rivers, California |
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| Built: | 1926 |
| Architect: | Underwood,Gilbert Stanley |
| Architectural style: | National Park Service Rustic-Bungalow-American Craftsman |
| Governing body: | National Park Service |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78000311 |
| Added to NRHP: | May 22, 1978[1] |
The Giant Forest Village-Camp Kaweah Historic District is located in Sequoia National Park. It is notable as one of two registered historic districts in the park that were largely demolished as part of National Park Service efforts to mitigate the impact of park visitor facilities on the park's giant sequoia groves. They were in a vernacular National Park Service Rustic and American Craftsman Bungalow style.
Established in 1926 as a satellite facility for the main Giant Forest Lodge development, Camp Kaweah and Giant Forest Village provided lodging, concessions and camping for visitors to the Giant Forest grove.[2]
As a consequence of the decision to remove the Giant Forest Lodge development, itself a National Register district, the Camp Kaweah location was chosen to serve as a day-use-only visitor orientation facility. The Giant Forest Market, designed by Gilbert Stanley Underwood, was rebuilt as the new Giant Forest Museum in 2001. The surrounding parking lots were built on the site of upper and lower Camp Kaweah. A bus shuttle now connects the museum with the Giant Forest.[3][4]
The visitor accommodations were replaced by Wuksachi Village, about five miles to the north and well away from the sequoia grove.[5]
The Giant Forest Village district also includes the 1931 Old Giant Forest District Ranger's Residence, designed by Park Service architect Merel Sager.[6]
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