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
*Yakima Park Stockade Group, also a National Historic Landmark

In 1932, Ernest A. Davidson pondered the result of development in Mt. Rainier's Yakima Park, noting it could be classed as a failure "since the area is far less attractive" than before construction, or it might be considered a great success "since the general appearance and result is far superior to those other developments with which comparison may be made, and `just grew' like topsy" (p. 322).

Quote is from [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3854/is_199810/ai_n8823302/pg_2 Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service / Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction, "Environmental History", Oct 1998, by James A. Pritchard] which is a book review of two books ("Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service." By Ethan Carr. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. viii + 378 pp., and "Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction." By Linda Flint McClelland. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. xxv + 591 pp. )