LeConte Memorial Lodge

Infobox_nrhp | name =Leconte Memorial Lodge
nrhp_type = nhl-ca


caption = Exterior of the LeConte Memorial Lodge
location= Curry Village, California
lat_degrees = 37 | lat_minutes = 44
lat_seconds = 24.39 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 119 | long_minutes = 34
long_seconds = 42.32 | long_direction = W
locmapin = California
area =
built =1903
architect= White,John
architecture= Tudor Revival, Other
designated= May 28, 1987cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1714&ResourceType=Building
title=Leconte Memorial Lodge|date=2007-09-25|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = March 08, 1977cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=77000148The LeConte Memorial Lodge is a structure in Yosemite National Park in California, United States. LeConte is spelled variously as Le Conte or as Leconte. The lodge was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/77000148.pdf "Le Conte Memorial Lodge", 1985, by Laura Soullière Harrison] |412 KiB |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1985|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/77000148.pdf Le Conte Memorial Lodge--Accompanying 6 NPS photos by Laura Soullière Harrison, exterior, from 1985.] |583 KiB |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1985|publisher=National Park Service]

The LeConte Memorial Lodge was built by the Sierra Club in 1903 in honor of Joseph LeConte, one of the founding members of the Sierra Club. The US$4,500 cost to build the Lodge was contributed by students, alumni and faculty from the University of California and Stanford University, San Francisco businesses, and friends and relatives of LeConte. The Sierra Club levied a $1.00 assessment on each of its members to help raise the funds.

Architect John White designed the Lodge. The designs was influenced by his brother-in-law, Bernard Maybeck. White's design reflected the vertical nature, color and texture of Yosemite Valley by featuring a steep, pitched roof, rough-hewn granite stone walls and exposed beams.

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The Lodge served as the first visitors center in Yosemite National Park but has since been replaced by a larger National Park Service facility near Yosemite Village. Today, the Lodge is owned by the National Park Service and is operated by the Sierra Club as a conservation and natural history library, a museum on the life of Joseph LeConte and the history of the Sierra Club, and a lecture hall.

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External links

* [http://www.sierraclub.org/education/leconte/ Sierra Club - LeConte Memorial Lodge]
* [http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/harrison/harrison4.htm Architecture in the Parks: A National Historic Landmark Theme Study: LeConte Memorial Lodge, by Laura Soullière Harrison, 1986] , at National Park Service.
* [http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2815667-leconte_memorial_lodge_yosemite_national_park-i Yahoo! Travel - LeConte Memorial Lodge]