- Parsons Memorial Lodge
Infobox_nrhp | name =Parsons Memorial Lodge
nrhp_type =nhl
caption =
location= Tuolumne Meadows,Yosemite National Park, California
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 52
lat_seconds = 42.36
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 119
long_minutes = 21
long_seconds = 59.82
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1915
architect=Bernard Maybeck ;Mark H. White
architecture= Other
designated=May 28 ,1987 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1803&ResourceType=Building
title=Parsons Memorial Lodge |accessdate=2007-10-13|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added =April 30 ,1979 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
refnum=79000283The Parsons Memorial Lodge is a small building built by the
Sierra Club at the northern end ofTuolumne Meadows ofYosemite National Park .cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/harrison/harrison10.htm |title="Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Parsons Memorial Lodge", by Laura Soullière Harrison |accessdate=2007-10-23|work=National Historic Landmark Them Study|publisher=National Park Service] It was one of the earliest structures built of stone in aNational Park . [http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/79000283.nl.pdf NHL Writeup] ] . It has been modified slightly and is still in use today, though it is now managed by theNational Park Service . It is representative of the Bay Area architectural influences, adapted for the extreme weather variations on the high valley. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=mJPkUjdBCUkC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=parsons+memorial+lodge&source=web&ots=gSMylY7YC9&sig=g0R2TSy7QSrqm5NICMoog08xUp0&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA109,M1 Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction By Linda Flint McClelland] ISBN 0801855837]It was declared a
National Historic Landmark in 1987.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/79000283.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Parsons Memorial Lodge] |411 KB|date=1985 |author=Laura Soullière Harrison |publisher=National Park Service] ,References
External links
* [http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/historic.htm Yosemite National Park]
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