Wawona Hotel
Wawona Hotel and Thomas Hill Studio
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Wawona Hotel in 1985
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Location | On CA 41 in Yosemite National Park, Wawona, California |
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Area | 16.5 acres (6.7 ha) |
Built | 1876 |
Architect | Washburn Brothers |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP Reference # | 75000223[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 1, 1975[1] |
Designated NHL | May 28, 1987[2] |
The Wawona Hotel is a historic hotel located within southern Yosemite National Park, in California. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987, and is on the National Register of Historic Places .[2][3][4]
History to present
The Wawona Hotel is one of the oldest mountain resort hotels in California, and a classic of Victorian era resort design. The Victorian style hotel was built in 1876 to serve tourists visiting the nearby Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum). As tourism increased, through 1916, the hotel built additional rooms and facilities. In addition, it cut more forest trails, as well as paths along the south fork of the Merced River.
The Wawona Hotel is located 4 miles (6.4 km) from the park's south entrance, between the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees and the Yosemite Valley. It is one of the few historical period hotels still standing within Yosemite National Park's boundaries.
Most of the hotel's 104 guestrooms open onto one of the Wawona Hotel's deep verandas, which wrap around the first and second floors; they have open views of the gardened and natural landscapes. The hotel includes six historically distinctive buildings, built between 1876 and 1916. The rooms are furnished with antiques, period pieces, and vintage elements. The hotel has no telephones or televisions in the guestrooms. Outdoor recreation choices include quiet nature walks or scenic drives, and when snow arrives, nearby cross-country and downhill skiing and snowshoe routes.
Across from the hotel is a nine-hole 3,035 yards (2,775 m), par 35 golf course, Yosemite Park's only such facility. It is one of the few within any U.S. National Park. The course is open daily from spring to fall, weather permitting. In operation since 1918, the golf course is the oldest in the Sierra Nevada.
Thomas Hill studio
Thomas Hill (1829–1908), a renowned landscape painter of the Hudson River School, stayed at the Wawona Hotel toward the end of his life. He used the hotel pavilion as his painting studio and completed numerous works of the region.[2][3] This is listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places.
See also
- History of the Yosemite area
- List of the northern Giant Sequoia groves — 3 in Yosemite.
- List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- List of Yosemite destinations
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mariposa County, California
- Bibliography of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
References
External links
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- Official website
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- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CA-1805, "Wawona Hotel, Wawona, Mariposa County, CA"
- HABS No. CA-1805-A, "Wawona Hotel, Long White"
- HABS No. CA-1805-B, "Wawona Hotel, Hotel"
- HABS No. CA-1805-C, "Wawona Hotel, Little White"
- HABS No. CA-1805-D, "Wawona Hotel, Thomas Hill Studio"
- HABS No. CA-1805-E, "Wawona Hotel, Little Brown"
- HABS No. CA-1805-F, "Wawona Hotel, Long Brown"
- HABS No. CA-1805-G, "Wawona Hotel, Annex Building"
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- Hotels in California
- Buildings and structures in Yosemite National Park
- Hotel buildings completed in 1876
- Buildings and structures in Mariposa County, California
- History of Mariposa County, California
- History of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- National Historic Landmarks in California
- National Register of Historic Places in Mariposa County, California
- Companies based in Mariposa County, California
- Hotels established in 1876
- 1876 establishments in California
- Historic American Buildings Survey in California
- Visitor attractions in Mariposa County, California
- Victorian architecture in California