The Tahoma Vista Comfort Station was designed by 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...

 Branch of Plans and Designs in the National Park Service Rustic

National Park Service Rustic

National Park Service rustic, also colloquially known as Parkitecture, is a style of architecture that arose in the United States National Park System to create buildings that harmonized with their natural environment. Since its founding, the National Park Service consistently has sought to provide...

 style and built in Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier National Park

Mount Rainier National Park is a United States National Park located in southeast Pierce County and northeast Lewis County in Washington state. It was one of the US's earliest National Parks, having been established on March 2, 1899 as the fifth national park in the United States. The park contains...

 by the Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

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 in 1931. The design was supervised by Park Service Chief Architect Thomas Chalmers Vint

Thomas Chalmers Vint

Thomas Chalmers Vint was a landscape architect credited for directing and shaping landscape planning and development during the early years of the United States National Park System. His work at Yosemite National Park and the development of the Mission 66 program are among his better known...

, and site selection

Site selection

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 and development were undertaken by Park Service landscape architect Ernest A. Davidson

Ernest A. Davidson

Ernest A. Davidson was an American architect.Among his works are two National Park Service building complexes at Mt. Rainier National Park:*Longmire Buildings, which was designated to be a National Historic Landmark, and...

. The comfort station serves the Tahoma Vista Overlook, also designed by Davidson. The 14 feet (4.3 m) by 30 feet (9.1 m) public toilet facility features rough stonework to window sill level, with a framed wall above and a log-framed roof with cedar shingles.

The Tahoma Vista Comfort Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 on March 13, 1991. It is part of the Mount Rainier National Historic Landmark District

National Historic Landmark

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, which encompasses the entire park and which recognizes the park's inventory of Park Service-designed rustic architecture.