Ski-Tow Powerhouse
Description
Mount Rainier was the nation’s fifth National Park, established 1899. During the Great Depression the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps greatly aided the park’s development.
Wikipedia:
“The Paradise Ski-Tow Powerhouse was built to house a portable ski-tow system. Paradise was a significant skiing venue during the 1930s, but the Park Service did not permit a permanent ski lift facility. The ski-tow house was built in 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps with a steeply pitched roof similar to that of the ranger station.”
Based on a map on a National Register of Historic Places nomination form (wa.gov, .pdf page 21), Living New Deal believes the structure to be demolished.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Historic_District https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/documents/RN/0/1/1390.pdf
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 12, 2015.
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This building is still standing next to the ranger station, it might not be the “powerhouse” now but that structure is not demolished.