{"nrhp_refnum":"78000367","name":"Ash Mountain Entrance Sign","other_names":["Indian Head"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"N of Three Rivers in Sequoia National Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Three Rivers","county":"Tulare County","state":"CA","lat":36.48747584200004,"lon":-118.83679722399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Art","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A carved sequoia-wood entrance sign mounted on a sequoia trunk and boulder masonry platform, standing along the General's Highway about a quarter mile inside the western boundary of Sequoia National Park near Three Rivers, California. It was erected in the winter of 1935-1936.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance in art, landscape architecture and social/humanitarian terms. It is an example of monumental wood sculpture and of National Park Service Rustic design of the 1930s. Its creation by Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees links it to the CCC's contribution to park structures.","narrative":"Visitors entering Sequoia National Park from the west pass a fifteen-foot monument made from a four-foot-diameter sequoia trunk set on a two-tiered boulder masonry platform. A carved sequoia-wood sign, about ten feet long, bears the legend \"SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK\" and ends in the profile of the Cherokee Sequoyah. It was erected in the winter of 1935-1936. Park landscape architect Harold Fowler refined an earlier, smaller 1931 sign into this larger design, and Civilian Conservation Corps enrollee George Muno spent several months carving it from fallen sequoia wood, using chisels and hatchets. Other crews built the metal bracket, log pylon and masonry. The sign was moved about 100 yards in 1964 to make room for a new checking station, and it was later stained and painted. The nomination values it as monumental wood sculpture, as a product of the CCC, and as an example of 1930s National Park Service Rustic design using natural materials.","period_of_significance":"1935","architect_builder":"George Muno/Harold Fowler","architectural_style":"National Park Service Rustic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved about 100 yards in 1964 for a new checking station; stained and painted since the 1950s. The form states the relocation and minor alterations do not impair its significance.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.824831-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000367.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000367/3c5899d5a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000367/3c5899d5a7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Brian C. Grogan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ash_Mountain_Entrance_sign_HAER.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian C. Grogan</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ash_Mountain_Entrance_sign_HAER.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Mountain_Entrance_Sign","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4804421"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tulare-county/ash-mountain-entrance-sign-78000367/"}