National Register of Historic Places

Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43

Manzanita Lake, Shasta County, California
Listed
February 25, 1975
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
75000177

About this property

The Loomis Museum, also known as the Loomis Visitor Center, the Manzanita Lake Visitor Center and the Manzanita Lake Museum, was built by Benjamin Franklin Loomis in 1927 near Manzanita Lake, just outside Lassen Volcanic National Park in California, USA. Loomis was a local homesteader and photographer who documented the 1915 eruptions of Lassen Peak, and was instrumental in the 1916 establishment of the national park. In 1929 Loomis donated the museum and 40 acres (16 ha) of surrounding lands to the National Park Service, which since then has used the structure as an interpretational facility. Loomis had desired that the headquarters of the new park be established at Manzanita Lake, but an alternate site was chosen by the Park Service. Loomis and his wife Estella started building their own museum to exhibit photographs taken by Loomis and others, as well as geological exhibits and artifacts of local Native Americans. The building was dedicated on July 4, 1927 as the Mae Loomis Memorial Museum, named after their only child, Luisa Mae Loomis, who had died in 1920.

Location

Manzanita Lake, Shasta County, California
40.53599, -121.56332

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic District
Listed
0.1 mi
Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District
Listed
2.6 mi
Summit Lake Ranger Station
Civil War
7.6 mi
Nobles Emigrant Trail
Listed
8.1 mi
Drakesbad Guest Ranch
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10.6 mi

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When was Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43 listed on the National Register?

Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 1975.

What type of historic resource is Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43?

Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43 is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Loomis Vistor Center, Bldg. 43 is recorded as the industrial era.

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