{"nrhp_refnum":"09000807","name":"Sonora Youth Center","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"732 S. Barretta St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sonora","county":"Tuolumne County","state":"CA","lat":37.975691942000026,"lon":-120.37765836799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-10-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story log building at 732 South Barretta Street in Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, built between 1940 and 1943 and dedicated in November 1943 to serve as a meeting hall for youth groups.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A at the local level for its role in the social history of Tuolumne County as the county's oldest facility for youth organizations. It was built through a joint effort of civic groups, government agencies and the National Youth Administration during the Depression and early World War II. It also stands as a reminder of the New Deal youth employment program.","narrative":"Sonora Youth Center is a one-story log building on South Barretta Street in a residential neighborhood of Sonora. Measuring 40 by 80 feet, it has scribed log walls, a concrete foundation, three limestone chimneys and an entry alcove between two projecting gables. Inside are two meeting rooms, each with a limestone fireplace, along with restrooms and a kitchen. Boy Scout Troop 62 first proposed a clubhouse, and high school principal Vernon Dunlavy widened the idea into a hut for all county youth in 1940. Architect Elmore G. Ernst of Stockton designed it, and John Froskland managed the construction. Volunteers donated logs, stonework and materials, the Rosenberg Foundation gave $3,000, and the National Youth Administration paid young workers. The total cost was $9,000, and the building was dedicated on November 7, 1943. It remains Tuolumne County's oldest youth facility and still hosts scouting and other youth programs, preserving a record of Depression-era cooperation.","period_of_significance":"1940-1943","architect_builder":"Ernst, Elmore G.","architectural_style":"Other - log cabin","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still used as a youth meeting hall; the building is little altered from 1943, though the windows were replaced with metal-framed ones and the roof is now standing seam metal.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:29.700502-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/09000807.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000807/17fed36015-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000807/17fed36015-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Karl98007","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonora_Youth_Center.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Karl98007</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonora_Youth_Center.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862293","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133571435"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tuolumne-county/sonora-youth-center-09000807/"}