Glacier Point Trailside Museum

Glacier Point Trailside Museum
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	El Portal, California
Coordinates	37°43′50″N 119°34′23″W / 37.73056°N 119.57306°WCoordinates: 37°43′50″N 119°34′23″W / 37.73056°N 119.57306°W
Built	1924
Architect	National Park Service
Architectural style	National Park Service Rustic
NRHP Reference #	78000357
Added to NRHP	April 4, 1978[1]

The Glacier Point Trailside Museum was one of the first projects in Yosemite National Park by Herbert Maier in what would become the National Park Service Rustic style. Located at Glacier Point, it was funded by Laura Spelman Rockefeller's estate as a project for the Yosemite Museum. It was the first "trailside museum" in the National Park system and was a prototype for enhanced visitor interpretation services in the parks.^[2]

The museum is in reality a small stone shelter with arched openings on the north, east, and west sides. The roof is supported by log timbers.^[3]

See also

• Architects of the National Park Service
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Yosemite National Park
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mariposa County, California

References

1. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Glacier Point Trailside Museum". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. 2008-12-02.
3. Leslie Starr Hart and Merrill Ann Wilson (August 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Glacier Point Trailside Museum" (pdf). National Park Service.