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| Sherri, Gary and Ann U at Glacer Point Trailside Museum |
Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, Site 026-Glacier
Point Trailside Museum
National Registry ID: 78000357
Team: YOLT
Date: August 8, 2013
Location:
Coordinates:
37°43′50″N
119°34′23″W
Address:
E
of El Portal in Yosemite National Park
Date Built: 1924
Architect: Herbert
Maier and Ansel Hall
We visited Glacier Point because we
were hosting two out-of-state JMT hikers before they leave for the
JMT Friday. They had not been to Yosemite before, so what better way
to show them the wonders of Yosemite but by giving them a birds-eye
view of the area where they will be starting their hike? Glacier
Point fits that bill since you can see Happy Isles, Vernal and Nevada
Falls, Half Dome and up into the Sunrise Creek drainage—just where
we came a few days ago.
As we went out to the point, we saw the
historic Glacier Point Trailside Museum. Right now this is not much
of a museum, but at one time, it was the first permanent teaching
“instrument” of its kinds in the whole Park Service-a trailside
museum. It also was an important representation of the Rustic style
of development of structures.
Originally, this structure was used to
to show how glaciers had carved out the Valley and the surrounding
domes. It was a branch of the Yosemite Museum, having its funding
through the Yosemite Natural History Association. In 1927, over
15,000 people visited this museum. Over the years, it was convert
into an office with a view, and what a view. Now, it has a small
display showing glacial formation of the valley—returning back to
its original purpose. We will also say that it gives visitors a great
view of what is each of Glacier Point.
References:
- Wikipedia
- National Registry of Historic Places: Documentation
and Pictures
- NoeHill
(NOE)
Overall Landmark References:
- National
Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)
- NoeHill
(NOE)
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