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Tioga Pass Entrance Station

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Built
  
1931

Architectural style
  
Rustic

Opened
  
1931

Added to NRHP
  
14 December 1978

Architect
  
National Park Service

NRHP Reference #
  
78000372

Area
  
800 m²

Nearest city
  
Lee Vining

Tioga Pass Entrance Station

Similar
  
Sierra Nevada, Great Sierra Mine Historic S, Parsons Memorial Lodge, Tioga Lake, Tioga Pass

The Tioga Pass Entrance Station is the primary entrance for travelers entering Yosemite National Park from the east on the Tioga Pass Road. Open only during the summer months, the entrance station consists of two historical buildings, a ranger station and a comfort station, built in 1931 and 1934 respectively. Both are rustic stone structures with peeled log roof structures, and are examples of the National Park Service rustic style employed at the time by the National Park Service. Two log gate structures that had been removed since the site's original construction were rebuilt in 1999; the stone piers that supported them remain. The use of stone at Tioga Pass set a precedent for the extensive employment of stone construction in other park buildings in the Yosemite high country. Civilian Conservation Corps workers assisted in the entrance station's construction.

Map of Tioga Pass Entrance, California, USA

The ranger station is a stone building, about 28 feet (8.5 m) square, set into the slope of the hillside with a porch extending across most of the front. The interior features a lobby space with a substantial stone fireplace, along with living quarters consisting of a bedroom, bath and kitchen. The masonry is oversized, with similarly heavy log porch and roof framing. Window lintels are single massive shaped timbers. The bases of the walls step outward in a reverse corbel. The roof is a simple gable. The comfort station is of similar design, with battered (sloping) stone walls, measuring about 11 feet (3.4 m) by 26 feet (7.9 m), with a steeper roof pitch and partly hipped gables at the ends.

The Tioga Pass Entrance Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 1978.

References

Tioga Pass Entrance Station Wikipedia