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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Lake Vernon Patrol Cabin
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Structure Number:
| MA2450
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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1.
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Lake Vernon Cabin Building
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2.
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Lake Vernon Snow Survey Shelter
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Park:
| Yosemite National Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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| No records. |
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Structure State:
| California
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Structure County:
| Mariposa
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Region:
| Pacific West
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Cluster:
| Pacific Great Basin
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Administrative Unit:
| Yosemite National Park
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LCS ID:
| 055749
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Determined Eligible - SHPO
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National Register Date:
| 08/23/2004
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Local
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Short Significance Description:
| Cabin was included in the 2004 mulitple property nomination for YOSE. Significant for criteria A and C, period of significance 1945
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Long Significance Description:
| The Lake Vernon snow survey/patrol cabin is considered significant in conservation and architecture. Originally constructed for winter service in connection with the acquisition of hydrologic data along the Tuolumne and Merced Rivers watersheds within Yosemite National Park, these cabins , located in isolated areas, served as shelters for personnel and as bases of operation for employees patrolling snow courses and for equipment maintenance. Built under various agreements with the state of California and city of San Francisco, the cabins were used during the summer seasons by National Park Service rangers patrolling the backcountry, serving as supply bases and shelters. They became increasingly important in the latter role, giving added flexibility to rangers in wilderness who no longer had to carry quantities of dishes and bedding with them. The cabins continue to serve an important function as centers of backcountry maintenance and patrol activities. The cabin is associated with the historic contexts "Rustic Architecture in Yosemite, 1904 - 1940" and "NPS Conservation Programs in Yosemite National Park, 1916-1938".
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
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Built
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1945
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AD
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City of San Francisco
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Other
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Rehabilitated
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1977
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AD
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NPS
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Patrol Cabin
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Primary Current Use:
| Patrol Cabin
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Building
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Volume:
| 2,000 - 20,000 cubic feet
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Square Feet:
| 288
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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Walls
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Log
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Foundation
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Stone
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Framing
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Log
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4.
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Roof
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Metal
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Short Physical Description:
| Log cabin, approx. 15' x 18', aligned N/S. Log floor framing on mortared rock piers with dry laid rock between piers. Walls are 6" to 14" horizontal unchinked logs w/ round notches at corners. Corrugated steel gable roof. 1" x 4" t&g interior floors, open ceiling.
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Long Physical Description:
| Windows on the west and east elevations, 3/3 with fixed sash. Main door is Dutch-type, 6-1/2' x x3', with 8" vertical planks, on the elevation. A smaller 3" square winter access door it located in the south elevation gable wall.
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