Glacier Point Trailside Museum

Glacier Point Trailside Museum
Glacier Point Trailside Museum is located in California
Glacier Point Trailside Museum
Glacier Point Trailside Museum is located in the United States
Glacier Point Trailside Museum
Nearest cityEl Portal, California
Coordinates37°43′50″N 119°34′23″W / 37.73056°N 119.57306°W / 37.73056; -119.57306
Built1924
ArchitectNational Park Service
Architectural styleNational Park Service Rustic
NRHP reference No.78000357
Added to NRHPApril 4, 1978[1]

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]

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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Glacier Point Trailside Museum". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. December 2, 2008.
  3. ^ Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glacier Point Trailside Museum" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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