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The Mariposa Grove Muaeun is a one-story 1og structure measuting 20' x 45'and 1s dLvLded lnto tlro rooms, It ha6 a J-ow pltched gable roof coverednith rrood shLngles and lapped with a 24" exposure. The cabln 1s bu1lt ofpeeled sugar pine logs lald ln alternating tlers and interlocked at thecornera, and at the point vhere the partltlon lrall i.ntersects lrith theexterlor val1e, with a 'rVrr notch jolnt. The hotLzontal spaces betweenthe logs are chinked ldth tlght fittlng split 1og wedgee. A plank deck,45t x 12r, extends along the southweet side of the bullding. An exterlorchlmney is located on the aoutheast end of the cabln; lt is nade of granl.te1n a coureed rubble pattern. The southwest slde of the cablo has threewindows, the northeast slde has tiro, they are double hung, 6 x 6. Thereare three doors on the bulldtrlg, two on the southnest, one ofl the north-east, these are rqade of vertical boarde, decotated w"ith large false straphinges of unpalnted lron.

The j.nterior is donlnated by the fJ-replace of rough dressed granite ln theform of a segnented arch. It has doweled, random width oak floorlng. Theprlmary decoratlve elem€nt of the design of the cabin 1s the hand craftedfurnlture. There are rnasslve sequola rrood tables and benches, hand-planedand poLlshedr.wlth carved Indlan motifs whlch are stylized and . iwo-dineneional .The carvlng ls a very slmple expression of the Art Deco sty1e.

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The l'lariposa Grove Museum ls of regi.onal slgniflcance ln the areas of exploratlon/settlement and soclal/humanitarian. Although Less than 50 years otd, -ttre

rnuEeumnaintalns the hlstorlc lntegrlty of a 'rshelter 1n the grove" extant slnce theearliesc desLgnatlon of the area as a public park, The 1og cabln building ln TheMatlposa Grove of Blg Trees was bul!-t in 1930 yet had 1ts genesis almost as longago as when Galen Clark flrst sighted the glant sequolaa tn 1,857. In success{on,three cablns were ereetedthe thlrd nateriallzatlon

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approxlrnately the same site, and the present one 1sClarkfs ldea of a 'lguardtans hosplcerr in the upper

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grove. The museurn possesses archl-tectural slgnificance at the local level. rnepresent rouseun bulldlrg contlnues the traditLon established by Clark and the Stateof CallfornLa. In a very linited sense, the buildlng is a reconstructlon, becauseIt ls a replacement for an earller buLlding. While lt ls roughly the same slzeand form as the preceeding bullding, there nas no attempt to accurately dupllcatethe structure. The museum possesses archltectural integf,ity which satisfies thecrlteria as ao expresslon of the Rustic sLyle, comblned wlth severaL nLnor elementsof the Art Deco sty1e. The bullding's lmportance lLes ln tts slnplicity of designand materiale and Ln the high degree of hand-craf tsnanshl.p exhlblted 1n 1ts con-structlon. Integral nlth the bulldlng 1n design and signlflcance ls the flne,hand-craf ted furnlture.

Galen c]-ark builc the first shel-ter--a rough one room cabin--ln the upper Grove 1nMay' 1864. He had recently been appolnted the flrst guardlan of the rryosenlte vall-eyand l"larlposa Blg Tree Grantrt, and erected the cabLn as an offl-ce/infonnation centerto assLet visltors. Dr. I{enry BelLows attached the nane rtcaLenrs Eospleer to thecabln ia June, 1864, after his party gained shelter there fron a storn. rr 1991, thestate of californl.a repJ-aced the ramshackle, Lhough r^7e11 knonn hospice, rdl-th a newone room cabln trfor the comfort and convenlence of the viaitor.t Another rogm wasadded in L902 eo serve as the office for the current guardl-an. rn the yosesltesuperlntendents Reports of the l-920rs, the deterlorating condition of the statebulldlng 1s noted, as well as lts lnternatlonaL fame achleved through photographs,postcards, and renembranees of Yosemlte tourlats that recorded the inpiesslon nadeby the srna11- structure anidst the giant trees. By 1930, a decision was reached toreplaee the unstabl.e 1og cabln wlth a new structure to serve as the Marlposa GroveMuseun. The exhiblts are devoted exclusLvel-y to the atory of the Blg Trees, hencethe cabio and its furniehlngs were deslgned to haroonize vith the suirounrlingsequoiaa. The maaslve furniture was hetred by hand fron a Blg Tree that had fallenin the lower grove.

Today the Grove l*lugeun contlnues to function as an lnterpretlve center as well as arest area fot vlsitofs arrlvlng by tran or on foot.

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p vrel on rr"trocttHl cAt REFERENcE sSargent, Shlrley Galen Cl-ark: Yosemite Guardlan.

aSan FrancLsco, Sterra Cl-ub, L964

Yoseml.te Nature Notes V. 7, June 1932 p, 4-5Report of. tle Conxni8Fioners to llanage Yosepite Valley & the Mariposa crove o-fBig Trees (f885-1886) p. 10, Yosenite Reaearch LibrarySuperintendent Annual Reports, Yosenlte National- Park, L928 & 1930, YosemiteResearch Llbrarv

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