- City:
- Yosemite National Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shops and Auxiliary Buildings
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Group Utility Building (original name) in Yosemite Valley opened 1935. It was funded by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
The utility building consolidated a hodgepodge of old shops, forges, storage and maintenance into one facility. It also provided three bays for fire trucks.
It is a mammoth structure covering 18,548 square feet and lacking in any architectural niceties, hence popularly known as “Fort Yosemite.” Despite its size, however, very few visitors ever see it or know of it. It is tucked away in the maintenance and parking areas north of the Visitors’ Center and Yosemite Museum.
Source notes
Site originally submitted by John Broesamle on February 11, 2022.
At this Location:
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- Tuolumne Meadows Campground - Yosemite National Park CA
- General Improvements - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne Meadows Campground Comfort Stations - Yosemite National Park CA
- Ostrander Ski Hut - Yosemite National Park CA
- Trail Improvement and Restoration - Yosemite National Park CA
- Seasonal and Stub CCC Camps - Yosemite National Park CA
- Yosemite Valley (Pines) Campgrounds Reconstruction - Yosemite National Park CA
- Fern Spring - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne River Bridge - Yosemite National Park CA
- CCC Camp Cascades (demolished) - Yosemite National Park CA
- Big Oak Flat Road - Yosemite National Park CA
- Badger Pass Ski Area Development - Yosemite National Park CA
- Mariposa Grove Road Paving - Yosemite National Park CA
- Henness Ridge Fire Tower - Yosemite National Park CA
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