{"nrhp_refnum":"78000371","name":"Tuolumne Meadows","other_names":["Buildings 3010","3011","3012","3013","3014","3015"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Lee Vining in Yosemite National Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lee Vining","county":"Tuolumne County","state":"CA","lat":37.87147134200006,"lon":-119.37312654899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of six rustic buildings at Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park, southwest of Lee Vining, California: a mess hall and kitchen, four bunkhouses and a toilet and shower room, built in 1934.","why_significant":"The complex is considered locally significant in the social/humanitarian category because it was built by Civilian Conservation Corps labor as a Public Works Administration project. It is also locally significant architecturally as a good example of mid-1930s National Park Service rustic design that blends with its forested setting.","narrative":"Six wood-and-stone buildings on a forested hillside south of the highway at Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park, make up a summer work-crew camp built in 1934. The group includes a T-shaped mess hall and kitchen, four small bunkhouses and a toilet and shower room. Foundations are native stone, walls combine redwood lap siding with board and batten, and roofs are shingled, with a large stone fireplace in the mess hall lounge. The camp replaced older housing demolished when the Tuolumne Meadows auto road was rebuilt. Civilian Conservation Corps labor built it under Public Works Administration funding, supervised by architect John Wosky from National Park Service plans. Crews working on roads and other projects in the high country used it from the 1935 season. The buildings are valued as a restrained example of mid-1930s National Park Service rustic design, using native stone and wood to blend with the surroundings. Nearby tent frames and metal-clad storage sheds are not considered significant.","period_of_significance":"1934 - present","architect_builder":"National Park Service","architectural_style":"National Park Service \"rustic\" architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"The mess hall is described as little changed from its original form and condition; the buildings housed summer road construction crews and laborers after 1935.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.312269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000371.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862307","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36663747"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tuolumne-county/tuolumne-meadows-78000371/"}