{"nrhp_refnum":"78000362","name":"Acting Superintendent's Headquarters","other_names":["Army Cabin"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Yosemite National Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wawona","county":"Mariposa County","state":"CA","lat":37.538975150000056,"lon":-119.65563952899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small 1.5-story board-and-batten cabin, about 15 by 12 feet, built by the U.S. Army in 1904 at Camp A.E. Wood in Wawona, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. It now sits at the Pioneer Yosemite History Center.","why_significant":"It was the first headquarters office used by the Army, which administered Yosemite National Park from 1891 to 1913. It is the only surviving structure associated with the military's time in Wawona and the only survivor of the few buildings dismantled and moved to Yosemite Valley with the troops in 1906. It is of local significance in conservation.","narrative":"This small board-and-batten cabin in Wawona, within Yosemite National Park, was built by the U.S. Army in 1904 at Camp A.E. Wood to serve as the park's first headquarters office. The Army administered Yosemite from 1891 until civilian superintendents took over in 1913. When Yosemite Valley joined the park in 1906, headquarters moved to the valley floor, and this office was taken apart and moved with the troops. It served as a residence until 1958, when it was returned to Wawona for the Pioneer Yosemite History Center. The roof had to be removed to pass through the Wawona tunnel, and the materials were treated and restained before reassembly. It is the only remaining structure tied to the military presence in Wawona. During that era, Army superintendents began mapping and exploring the park, set rules on grazing and firearms, and started trail building that eventually covered over 600 miles of backcountry. Today it is used to interpret that early administrative period.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"U.S. Army","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and used as an interpretive exhibit; undergoing stabilization to replace rotting lower structural members, with reroofing planned. Condition listed as fair and maintained on a regular schedule by the National Park Service.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.140669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000362.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000362/099564fcb3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000362/099564fcb3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Mayer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Office_of_the_Acting_Superintendent,_Yosemite_National_Park.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Mayer</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Office_of_the_Acting_Superintendent,_Yosemite_National_Park.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859724","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_Superintendent%27s_Headquarters","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4676859"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/mariposa-county/acting-superintendents-headquarters-78000362/"}