{"nrhp_refnum":"95001151","name":"Wilsonia Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Pine Ln., Fern Ln., Hillcrest Rd., Sierra Ln., Kaweah Ln., Goddard Ln. and Park Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilsonia, Kings Canyon National Park","county":"Tulare County","state":"CA","lat":36.735226429500074,"lon":-118.95728306494948,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Community Planning and Development","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wilsonia is a 100-acre village of rustic mountain summer cabins in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park, California, east of State Highway 180. The 212 primary buildings date from 1919 to the present, and the private inholding is surrounded by the park.","why_significant":"The form describes a community of rustic cabins built by San Joaquin Valley residents as summer retreats between 1918 and 1945. Its cabins, natural forest setting, size and layout have stayed largely unchanged since the 1930s. The form calls the combination of built and natural elements a cultural resource unusual in California. Of the 212 primary buildings, 139 are counted as contributing.","narrative":"Wilsonia is a village of about 212 primary buildings, mostly rustic summer cabins, on roughly 100 acres inside Kings Canyon National Park's General Grant Grove section. It is a mostly private inholding wholly surrounded by the park. San Joaquin Valley families built the cabins from 1919 onward to escape valley heat, dust and pollen and to enjoy the outdoors. Three tracts subdivided between 1918 and 1921 are laid out irregularly along more than 30 narrow roads, and most cabins sit on one-tenth-acre lots without fences. Typical cabins are one or one-and-a-half stories, clad in wood siding, with porches, pitched roofs and stone or brick chimneys. Many began as simple one- or two-room shelters and were later enlarged. The setting is a mixed conifer forest with planted giant sequoias. The district covers 1918 to 1945, and 139 of the 212 primary buildings are counted as contributing because they date from that period and retain integrity. Its character has changed little since the 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1918-1945","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 20th Century American Movements; other: rustic mountain cabin architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Nearly all of the 212 primary buildings are seasonal residences. The Wilsonia Lodge, formerly the community store, is vacant, and the Wilsonia Clubhouse is the other non-residential building.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.853476-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/95001151.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862260","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilsonia_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8023284"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/tulare-county/wilsonia-historic-district-additional-documentation-95001151/"}