Altair Campground Community Kitchen
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Altair Campground Community Kitchen | |
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| Nearest city | Port Angeles, Washington |
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| Coordinates | 48°0′42″N 123°35′30″W / 48.01167°N 123.59167°WCoordinates: 48°0′42″N 123°35′30″W / 48.01167°N 123.59167°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Architectural style | Rustic |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
| MPS | Olympic National Park MPS |
| NRHP Reference # |
07000732 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 13, 2007 |
The Altair Campground Community Kitchen was built in Olympic National Park to serve the Altair Campground. It is an open rectangular shelter built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps personnel from the Elwha River Camp in the National Park Service Rustic style.
Located near the Elwha River, the peeled log structure is capped with a cedar shake roof, enclosing a cooking fireplace and chimney. It measures about 28 feet (8.5 m) by 17 feet (5.2 m), with a stone cooking fireplace in the middle, rising through the roof. The lower portions of the log columns have been replaced with concrete piers due to deterioration, and the original peeled log railings have disappeared.[2]
The Altair and Elwha Campground Community Kitchens are the only such structures remaining in Olympic National Park. The Altair campground was named after the USS Altair, whose crew regularly used the site in the 1920s and 1930s.[2] The kitchen structure was listed on National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 2007.[1]
See also
- Elwha Ranger Station nearby
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Evans, Gail E.H.; Toothman, Stephanie; Luxenberg, Gretchen (1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Altair Campground Community Kitchen". National Park Service. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
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