The Glacier Point Trailside Museum was one of the first projects in Yosemite National Park by Herbert Maier in what would become the National Park Service Rustic style. Located at Glacier Point, it was funded by Laura Spelman Rockefeller's estate as a project for the Yosemite Museum. It was the first "trailside museum" in the National Park system and was a prototype for enhanced visitor interpretation services in the parks.[2]
Glacier Point Trailside Museum | |
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| Nearest city | El Portal, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°43′50″N 119°34′23″W / 37.73056°N 119.57306°W |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | National Park Service |
| Architectural style | National Park Service Rustic |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000357 |
| Added to NRHP | April 4, 1978[1] |
The museum is in reality a small stone shelter with arched openings on the north, east, and west sides. The roof is supported by log timbers.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Glacier Point Trailside Museum". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. December 2, 2008.
- ^ Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glacier Point Trailside Museum" (pdf). National Park Service.
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