National Register of Historic Places

Yosemite Valley Chapel

Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California
Listed
December 12, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73000256

About this property

The Yosemite Valley Chapel was built in the Yosemite Valley of California in 1879. The wooden chapel was designed by San Francisco architect Charles Geddes in the Carpenter Gothic style. It was built by Geddes' son-in-law, Samuel Thompson of San Francisco, for the California State Sunday School Association, at a cost of between three or four thousand dollars. The chapel was originally built in the "Lower Village" as called then, its site at the present day trailhead of the Four Mile Trail. The chapel was moved to its present location in 1901, as the old Lower Village dwindled. As stipulated in the organization's application for permission, the chapel is an interdenominational facility. The L-shaped frame chapel covers an area of about 1,470 square feet (137 m2). It is clad in board and batten siding with a prominent steeple. It seats about 250 people. The chapel was restored in 1965, when its foundations were raised in response to a 1964 flood, but was damaged in the 1997 Yosemite Valley floods and required repair. The chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973. NPS — the Yosemite Valley Chapel — History of Yosemite National Park webpage.

Location

Yosemite National Park, Mariposa County, California
37.74084, -119.59164

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Yosemite Valley Chapel listed on the National Register?

Yosemite Valley Chapel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973.

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Yosemite Valley Chapel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Yosemite Valley Chapel is recorded as the industrial era.

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