Yosemite Valley Chapel
Yosemite Valley Chapel | |
37°44′27″N 119°35′26″W / 37.74083°N 119.59056°W / 37.74083; -119.59056 | |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
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Built | 1879 |
Architectural style | Carpenter Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 73000256 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1973 |
The Yosemite Valley Chapel was built in the Yosemite Valley of California in 1879.
History
The wooden chapel was designed by San Francisco architect Charles Geddes in the Carpenter Gothic style. It was built by Geddes' son-in-law, Samuel Thompson of San Francisco, for the California State Sunday School Association, at a cost of between three or four thousand dollars.
The chapel was originally built in the "Lower Village" as called then, its site at the present day trailhead of the Four Mile Trail. The chapel was moved to its present location in 1901, as the old Lower Village dwindled.
Description
As stipulated in the organization's application for permission, the chapel is an interdenominational facility. The L-shaped frame chapel covers an area of about 1,470 square feet (137 m2). It is clad in board and batten siding with a prominent steeple. It seats about 250 people.[2][3]
- Preservation
The chapel was restored in 1965, when its foundations were raised in response to a 1964 flood,[4] but was damaged in the 1997 Yosemite Valley floods and required repair.[3] The chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Holland, F. Ross (October 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Yosemite Valley Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ a b "Yosemite Chapel". National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
- ^ Kaiser, Harvey H. (2002). An Architectural Guidebook to the National Parks: California, Oregon, Washington. Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. pp. 107–108. ISBN 1-58685-066-0.
External links
- NPS — the Yosemite Valley Chapel — History of Yosemite National Park webpage.
- Yosemite Valley Chapel website
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Landmarks
- Ahwahnee Hotel
- LeConte Memorial Lodge
- Parsons Memorial Lodge
- Rangers' Club
- Wawona Hotel and Pavilion
historic districts
- Bagby Stationhouse, Water Tanks and Turntable
- Camp Curry Historic District
- Great Sierra Mine Historic Site
- Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite Valley Archeological District
- Yosemite Valley Bridges
- Yosemite Village Historic District
properties
- Acting Superintendent's Headquarters
- Buck Camp Patrol Cabin
- Camp 4
- Crane Flat Fire Lookout
- Degnan's Restaurant
- Frog Creek Cabin
- Glacier Point Trailside Museum
- Glen Aulin High Sierra Camp
- Great Sierra Wagon Road
- Half Dome Cables and Trail
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Engine No.6
- Hodgdon Homestead Cabin
- Chris Jorgenson Studio
- Lake Vernon Snow Survey Shelter
- Mariposa Grove Museum
- May Lake High Sierra Camp
- McCauley Cabin
- McCauley and Meyer Barns
- McGurk Cabin
- Merced Grove Ranger Station
- Merced Lake High Sierra Camp
- Merced Lake Ranger Station
- Ostrander Lake Ski Hut
- Sachse Spring Snow Survey Shelter
- Snow Creek Ski Hut
- Snow Flat Snow Survey Shelter
- Soda Springs Cabin
- Sunrise High Sierra Camp
- Tioga Pass Entrance Station
- Track Bus No. 19
- Tuolumne Meadows
- Tuolumne Meadows High Sierra Camp
- Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Stations and Comfort Stations
- Vogelsang High Sierra Camp
- Wawona Covered Bridge
- Yosemite Transportation Company Office
- Yosemite Valley Chapel
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose No. 15
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