{"nrhp_refnum":"78000372","name":"Tioga Pass Entrance Station","other_names":["Tioga Pass Ranger Station and Restroom","Buildings 3201","3203"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Lee Vining in Yosemite National Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lee Vining","county":"Tuolumne County","state":"CA","lat":37.91081201600008,"lon":-119.25837505299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small complex at the summit of Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park, near Lee Vining, California, made up of a stone ranger station built in 1931, a stone comfort station built in 1934, and the stone piers of two former entrance gates.","why_significant":"The complex is considered locally significant for its \"rustic\" National Park Service design, using native stone, heavy logs and shingles to blend with the high Sierra setting. The ranger station was the first stone building of this style in the Tuolumne Meadows/Tioga Pass area. It is also locally significant for its association with Civilian Conservation Corps labor during the Great Depression.","narrative":"At the summit of Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park stands a small group of stone structures built by the National Park Service in the early 1930s. A ranger station went up in the summer of 1931, about 28 feet square, with heavy stone walls, adzed wooden lintels, log rafters, a shingled roof and a stone fireplace. In 1934 a tiny stone comfort station and a pair of log entrance gates, hung from stone piers, were added. The gates have since been removed, though the piers remain. The buildings reflect the park service's \"rustic\" approach, using native materials and hand-worked details so that the structures match the color and texture of the surrounding granite and sparse timberline conifers. The ranger station was the first stone building of this type in the Tuolumne Meadows and Tioga Pass area. Civilian Conservation Corps workers, providing unskilled labor to assist stone masons and carpenters, contributed to the construction, which adds to the complex's local importance.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1931 - present)","architect_builder":"National Park Service","architectural_style":"NPS \"rustic\" style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and occupied, with public ownership and park use. The gates were removed, but the buildings and stone piers remain essentially unchanged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:31.307258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/78000372.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000372/0581cb3aca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78000372/0581cb3aca-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tioga_Pass_Ranger_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tioga_Pass_Ranger_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862299","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tioga_Pass_Entrance_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7808709"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tuolumne-county/tioga-pass-entrance-station-78000372/"}