{"nrhp_refnum":"79000281","name":"McGurk Cabin","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Yosemite Village","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yosemite Village","county":"Mariposa County","state":"CA","lat":37.67788290000004,"lon":-119.62516203899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, one-room lodgepole pine log cabin, 14 feet square, on the edge of McGurk Meadow south of Yosemite Village in Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California. It was probably built by Hugh Davanay in the 1890s.","why_significant":"The cabin is tied to the seasonal grazing and squatter settlement of Yosemite and to the conflict between settlers and federal authority. Jack McGurk, a cattleman, bought the property in 1895 and was evicted by the Army in 1897 over a title dispute. The reviewer also judged it an altered but recognizable example of a log cabin type and one of few late 19th-century cabins remaining in place.","narrative":"A small log cabin on the edge of McGurk Meadow, south of Yosemite Village, records the era when stockmen grazed cattle in the high meadows of what became Yosemite National Park. The one-room structure measures 14 feet square and is built of round, peeled lodgepole pine logs joined with saddle notches. It has no foundation or fireplace, a dirt floor, a single door on the south side, and a gable roof of wood shingles. It was probably built by Hugh Davanay, who sold the property to Jack McGurk in 1895. McGurk was a cattleman who likely grazed stock here in summer. He was evicted by the Army in 1897 over a title dispute, though his tenure was the longest of any owner, which gave the meadow its name. In 1958 Sierra Club volunteers stabilized the cabin as an interpretive stop for hikers. It was listed for its role in local settlement history and as a surviving late nineteenth-century cabin.","period_of_significance":"1895-1897","architect_builder":"Hugh Davanay (?)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Stabilized by the National Park Service in 1958 with Sierra Club volunteers; listed as unoccupied and fair in condition, with some alteration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:32.325255-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/79000281.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000281/d602add55d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000281/d602add55d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wearsunscreen","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McGurk_Cabin,_photo_taken_from_trail.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wearsunscreen</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:McGurk_Cabin,_photo_taken_from_trail.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859766","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk_Cabin","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6801531"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/mariposa-county/mcgurk-cabin-79000281/"}