{"nrhp_refnum":"90000555","name":"Tahoe Meadows","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"US 50 between Ski Run Blvd. and Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"South Lake Tahoe","county":"El Dorado County","state":"CA","lat":38.95554499800008,"lon":-119.95122741177087,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Tahoe Meadows is a 106-acre summer home community and historic district on the south shore of Lake Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe, California, between Ski Run Boulevard and Park Avenue along Highway 50. It was organized as a property owners' association in 1925 and contains rustic cabins and two dedicated natural preserves.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the district as an intact planned summer home community with a strong sense of a 1925-41 camp devoted to single-family use. Both the architectural integrity of the period buildings and the natural landscape are described as high. Covenants kept the area non-commercial and preserved the Meadow and the Desert as open space.","narrative":"Tahoe Meadows is a 106-acre summer cabin community on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, within South Lake Tahoe, California. Organized in 1925 as a non-profit association of property owners, it was laid out as an early planned-unit development, with private lots arranged around two permanently protected open spaces, the Meadow and the Desert. Of the 144 structures standing, 89 predate 1941. Most are one to one-and-a-half story cabins with gable roofs, built of wood in board-and-batten, weatherboard, shingle or log siding, often with separate sleeping cabins and winter shutters. Two cabins are attributed to architect Bernard Maybeck. Association covenants limit lot size, building types, appearance and vehicle speed, and keep roads unpaved and properties unfenced. The district was recognized for conveying a strong impression of a family summer camp from the 1925-41 period, with high integrity in both its buildings and its natural landscape. A later amendment revised the status of several individual properties.","period_of_significance":"1925-41","architect_builder":"Bernard Maybeck (attributed for two cabins)","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Rustic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still in use as a summer home community; boundaries remain as in 1925 and the Meadow and the Desert remain preserved as natural areas.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.679344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/90000555.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123858625","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91918574"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/el-dorado-county/tahoe-meadows-90000555/"}