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| Sherri and the US Post Office |
Capture California, the Game-2013
Adventure: 003, 104-Yosemite
Village Historic District
National Registry ID: 78000354
Team: YOLT
Date: October 30, 2013
Location:
Address: Yosemite Valley
Description:
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| Ansel Adams Studios |
It is great to be able to wander
through the village area, even though at times it does seem to be a
bit more commercial than the Valley needs. But when you read about
the history of the Valley, you realize that the commercialness is a
lot less now than 100 years ago.
The most significant
building in the historic district is the
Rangers'
Club, built at the personal expense of Park
Service director
Stephen
T. Mather in 1924 to house rangers. The
National
Historic Landmark structure is an early example
of the
National
Park Service rustic style in the park.
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| Ranger's Club - see Landmark 105 |
Early residences used wood
shingles and natural materials, and were rustic in character. From
the mid-1920s, following the construction of the Rangers' Club,
houses were more explicitly rustic. The Park Superintendent's
Residence was built a little apart from the other houses in 1912 by
the Army. The Superintendent's Residence was extensively remodeled in
the 1920s to National Park Service rustic standards. The residential
district was laid out in an informal style by Park Service landscape
architect Charles Punchard.
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Non-residential buildings
include the Administration Building (1924) designed by architect
Myron Hunt, the Post Office (1925), and the Museum Building or Valley
District Building (1926), both designed by Park Service architect
Herbert
Maier. All are rustic in character. Other
buildings in the area include the Pohono Indian Studio (1925), which
is used as a gift shop, and the Ansel Adams Gallery, a complex of
five buildings incorporating what was first known as Best's
Studio.
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References:
Overall Landmark References:
