Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Stations and Comfort Stations

Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Stations and Comfort Stations
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, at Tuolumne Meadows
Nearest city	Lee Vining, California
Coordinates	37°52′24″N 119°21′16″W / 37.87333°N 119.35444°W / 37.87333; -119.35444Coordinates: 37°52′24″N 119°21′16″W / 37.87333°N 119.35444°W / 37.87333; -119.35444
Built	1924
Architect	National Park Service
Architectural style	National Park Service Rustic
NRHP Reference #	78000370
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1978[1]

The Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station and Comfort Stations are examples of National Park Service Rustic design in Yosemite National Park. They are within the Tuolumne Meadows Historic District at Tuolumne Meadows. The ranger station was built in 1924 using peeled log construction.^[2] The ranger station doubled as the park entrance station for the Tioga Road. Its function was partly superseded by a newer structure in 1936, using larger quantities of stonework.

Later structures

Later structures, such as the comfort station or public toilet, was designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs and was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor.^[3]

Other structures, including bunk houses and mess halls were built in the Tuolumne Meadows Historic District at the same time to similar design standards. The original CCC mess hall, built in 1934, has become the Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center.^[4][5]

Tuolumne Meadows Comfort Station

See also

• History of the Yosemite area
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mariposa County, California
• Tuolumne Meadows

References

External links

• Photographs of the Tuolumne Meadows buildings — at the National Park Service's NRHP database.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pioneer Yosemite History Center (Wawona).

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