Adventure 003, 103-Ahwahnee Hotel

Sherri at the Ahwahnee's National Historic Landmark Plaque

Capture California, the Game-2013

Adventure: 003, 103-Ahwahnee Hotel

National Registry ID: 77000149

Team: YOLT

Date:  October 30, 2013

Location:

Coordinates: 37°44′44.68″N 119°34′27.07″W

Address: Yosemite Valley

Description:

Date Built: 1927

Architect: Gilbert Stanley Underwood

What can you say? This place has entertained royality, presidents, and regular people for 85 years and it is still going strong. On a personal note, Gary and Sherri celebrated their 5^th anniversary in its dinning are several years back. Just wandering through the building, which the public can enjoy, you understand the immenseness of it, along with the grandour.

The Ahwahnee hotel was designed by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood (who also designed the Zion Lodge, Bryce Canyon Lodge, and Grand Canyon North Rim Lodge), with interior design directed by Dr. Phyllis Ackerman and Professor Arthur Upham Pope.[4]

The Ahwahnee

The site for the hotel is below the Royal Arches rock formation in a meadow area that had served in the past as a village for the native Miwoks, who formerly lived in the valley, and a stables complex known as Kenneyville. The site was chosen for its views of many of the iconic sights in Yosemite, including Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and Glacier Point, and its exposure to the sun allowing for natural heating.[5]
The hotel was constructed from 5,000 tons (4,535 t) of rough-cut granite, 1,000 tons (907 t) of steel, and 30,000 feet (9,140 m) of timber.[5] The 'wood siding' and 'structural timber' on the exterior of the hotel is actually formed of stained concrete poured into molds to simulate a wood pattern.[4] Concrete was chosen as the material for the outside 'wood' elements to add fire resistance to the hotel. The construction lasted 11 months and had a cost of US$1,225,000 upon completion in July 1927 (Wikipedia)









References:

• Wikipedia
  

Overall Landmark References:

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