Adventure 003, 105-Rangers' Club

Sherri at the Ranger's Club

Capture California, the Game-2013

Adventure: 003, 105-Rangers' Club

National Registry ID: 87001414

Team: YOLT

Date:  October 30, 2013

Location:

Coordinates: 37°30′50″N 119°35′54″W

Address: Yosemite Valley

Description:

Date Built: 1924

Architect: Charles K Summer

Front of Ranger's Club

National Park Services Superintendent Mather was approached about providing a place in Yosemite where park rangers could get away from their duties and rest and relax. He not only agreed to this proposition, but provided his personal funds to make this happen. Until last year when we were looking around the Valley, we did not know that this building existed and what it was. Today it provides housing for Yosemite's seasonal rangers.

The Rangers' Club was designed by San Francisco architect Charles K. Sumner. Construction was completed in August 1924, at a cost to Mather of $39,380.[4] The Rangers' Club was intended to foster a sense of esprit de corps among the newly-create ranger service. Mather hoped that the example at Yosemite would encourage Congress to appropriate money to build similar facilities at other national parks, a vain hope. The Rangers' Club was the first significant structure on the north side of the Yosemite Valley, part of a Mather strategy to relocate park services. (Wikipedia)






References:

• Wikipedia
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• National Registry of Historical Places (NRHP)