- City:
- Yosemite National Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Conservation and Public Lands, Work Relief Programs, National Park Service (NPS)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1934
- Designer:
- NPS - Branch of Plans and Designs
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Tuolumne Meadows Visitors Center was originally built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as a road crew camp mess hall in 1934. Around 1980, the National Park Service converted the building to a Visitors Center, replacing an older one in the original “contact station” at Tuolumne Meadows campground.
This building is a good example of National Park Service rustic park architecture of the 1930’s. It was constructed with native materials to blend with the environment, and reflects hand crafted techniques. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
As of 2022, a new Visitors Center is under construction nearby and the old Road Crew Camp building will have to find a new use.
Source notes
John Broesamle book manuscript and interview, 2022.
Linda Greene, Yosemite: The Park and its Resources (1987). https://www.yosemite.ca.us/library/yosemite_resources/recent_years.html
NPS List of Classified Structures - https://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=CA&PARK=YOSE&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=268
Site originally submitted by Douglas Dodd on March 22, 2009.
Additional contributions by John Broesomele.
At this Location:
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- 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
- Wawona Road Completion - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tioga Road - Yosemite National Park CA
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