Tahoe Meadows

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.