Rangers' Club

Infobox_nrhp2 | name =Rangers' Club
nhl=yes


caption =
location= Yosemite National Park, California
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 44
lat_seconds = 50.17
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 119
long_minutes = 35
long_seconds = 12.42
long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1920
architect= Charles Sumner
architecture=
designated_nhl= May 28, 1987cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2015&ResourceType=Building
title=Ranger's Club |accessdate=2007-10-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = May 28, 1987cite 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=87001414

The Rangers' Club is a building in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park that was donated by the independently wealthy first director of the National Park Service, Stephen Tyng Mather.cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/harrison/harrison12.htm |title="Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: Rangers' Club", by Laura Soullière Harrison |accessdate=2007-10-23|work=National Historic Landmark Theme Study|publisher=National Park Service] He intended it to be used by the newly hired park rangers who were taking over from the departing army troops. He specifically intended it to blend into the natural environment. It's use of rustic stylings was the inspiration for National Park buildings for years to come.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/yose/ Yosemite official site]