The Merced Grove Ranger Station in

Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an ar ...

was designed by the

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and completed in 1935. An example of the

National Park Service Rustic National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings ...

style, it features log construction. The station is near the Merced Grove of

giant sequoia ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'' (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, California big tree, Wellingtonia or simply big treea nickname also used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus ''Sequoiade ...

s, in the Crane Flat region of the park. The building consists of a living room, bedroom, and kitchen. Outside and up a hill to the north of the cabin is 2 small outhouses. The structure was employed for a time as a summer retreat for Yosemite park superintendents.

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National Park Service ranger stations Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Mariposa County, California National Register of Historic Places in Yosemite National Park Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California Residential buildings completed in 1935 Rustic architecture in California 1935 establishments in California {{MariposaCountyCA-NRHP-stub