Area less than one acre Architectural style Rustic Opened 1935 Nearest city Port Angeles | Built 1935 NRHP Reference # 07000732 Added to NRHP 13 July 2007 | |
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Architect Civilian Conservation Corps MPS Olympic National Park MPS Similar Humes Ranch Cabin, La Poel, Dodger Point Fire Lookout, Eagle Ranger Station, Goblins Gate | ||
The Altair Campground Community Kitchen was built in Olympic National Park to serve the Altair Campground. It is an open rectangular shelter built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps personnel from the Elwha River Camp in the National Park Service Rustic style.
Located near the Elwha River, the peeled log structure is capped with a cedar shake roof, enclosing a cooking fireplace and chimney. It measures about 28 feet (8.5 m) by 17 feet (5.2 m), with a stone cooking fireplace in the middle, rising through the roof. The lower portions of the log columns have been replaced with concrete piers due to deterioration, and the original peeled log railings have disappeared.
The Altair and Elwha Campground Community Kitchens are the only such structures remaining in Olympic National Park. The Altair campground was named after the USS Altair, whose crew regularly used the site in the 1920s and 1930s. The kitchen structure was listed on National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 2007.