Acting Superintendent's Headquarters
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The Acting Superintendent's Headquarters in Yosemite National Park
was built by the U.S. Army at Camp A.E. Wood in the Wawona
district of the park in 1904 to house the commander of the military administration that operated the park in the years prior to the establishment of the National Park Service
. It was moved to the Yosemite Valley
in 1906. The Acting Superintendent's Headquarters is the last remaining structure at Wawona associated with the park's military administration. The cabin followed the military to the Yosemite Valley, remaining there u8ntil 1958, when it was moved back to Wawona.
The cabin is a 15 feet (4.6 m) by 12 feet (3.7 m) 1-1/2 story frame structure with board-and-batten siding and redwood shingle roof. The roof is very steeply pitched. A small porch fronts the building. It was used as a residence while in the Yosemite Valley. It is now part of an exhibit on the Army administration in the park.
The Acting Superintendent's Headquarters was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
on June 9, 1978.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain...
was built by the U.S. Army at Camp A.E. Wood in the Wawona
Wawona, California
Wawona is a census-designated place in Mariposa County, California. It is located east of Mariposa, at an elevation of 3999 feet...
district of the park in 1904 to house the commander of the military administration that operated the park in the years prior to the establishment of the National Park Service
National Park Service
The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
. It was moved to the Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite Valley is a glacial valley in Yosemite National Park in the western Sierra Nevada mountains of California, carved out by the Merced River. The valley is about long and up to a mile deep, surrounded by high granite summits such as Half Dome and El Capitan, and densely forested with pines...
in 1906. The Acting Superintendent's Headquarters is the last remaining structure at Wawona associated with the park's military administration. The cabin followed the military to the Yosemite Valley, remaining there u8ntil 1958, when it was moved back to Wawona.
The cabin is a 15 feet (4.6 m) by 12 feet (3.7 m) 1-1/2 story frame structure with board-and-batten siding and redwood shingle roof. The roof is very steeply pitched. A small porch fronts the building. It was used as a residence while in the Yosemite Valley. It is now part of an exhibit on the Army administration in the park.
The Acting Superintendent's Headquarters was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on June 9, 1978.
See also
Other structures at the Pioneer Yosemite History Center include:- Chris Jorgenson StudioChris Jorgenson StudioThe Chris Jorgenson Studio is a one room log building, built in 1904 as an artist's studio for Chris Jorgenson in the Yosemite Valley. Jorgenson, an instructor and assistant director of the California School of Fine Arts, arrived in Yosemite in the 1890s. Jorgenson studied and depicted local native...
- Hodgdon Homestead CabinHodgdon Homestead CabinThe Hodgdon Homestead Cabin was built by Jeremiah Hodgdon in 1879 in the Aspen Valley area of what became Yosemite National Park. The two story log cabin, measuring by , was located in an inholding in the park, owned by Hodgdon's descendants. In the 1950s the family proposed to demolish the...
- Wawona Covered BridgeWawona Covered BridgeThe Wawona Covered Bridge is a covered bridge spanning the South Fork of the Merced River near Wawona, California in Yosemite National Park. The bridge was built by Galen Clark, the steward of what was then called the Yosemite Grant, in 1868, without its cladding. The bridge was a major component...