Places

The Wawona Tree has an ongoing story that includes the 1881 event when a tunnel was cut through it. The sign at base of the tree reads: "26 feet; height 227 feet, roadway built in 1875." The tree, which fell in 1969, can be visited in the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias.

NPS Historic Photograph Collection

 

• Learn about "Parkitecture in Western National Parks" of early 20th-century rustic design and naturalism.
• View Yosemite's 60-plus National Register properties or search the national National Register by park or resource name for sites across the country. Not all "places" are physical structures but rather are areas or regions. Camp 4, for example, was added to the national register, on Feb. 21, 2003, for its association with rock climbing in Yosemite Valley.
• National Historic Landmarks: Read profiles of the five Yosemite national historic landmarks from Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study by Laura Soullière Harrison, published in 1986.