# Yosemite Valley Chapel

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United States historic place

Yosemite Valley Chapel U.S. National Register of Historic Places Show map of California Show map of the United States Location Yosemite Valley, off CA 140, Yosemite National Park, California Coordinates 37°44′27″N 119°35′26″W / 37.74083°N 119.59056°W / 37.74083; -119.59056 Area 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built 1879 Architectural style Carpenter Gothic NRHP reference No. 73000256 [1] Added to NRHP December 12, 1973

The **Yosemite Valley Chapel** was built in the [Yosemite Valley](/source/Yosemite_Valley) of California in 1879.

## History

The wooden chapel was designed by San Francisco architect Charles Geddes in the [Carpenter Gothic style](/source/Carpenter_Gothic_architecture). It was built by Geddes' son-in-law, Samuel Thompson of San Francisco, for the California State Sunday School Association, at a cost of between three or four thousand dollars.

The chapel was originally built in the "Lower Village" as called then, its site at the present day trailhead of the Four Mile Trail. The chapel was moved to its present location in 1901, as the old Lower Village dwindled.

## Description

As stipulated in the organization's application for permission, the chapel is an interdenominational facility. The L-shaped frame chapel covers an area of about 1,470 square feet (137 m2). It is clad in board and batten siding with a prominent [steeple](/source/Steeple_(architecture)). It seats about 250 people.[2][3]

**Preservation**

The chapel was restored in 1965, when its foundations were raised in response to a 1964 flood,[4] but was damaged in the 1997 Yosemite Valley floods and required repair.[3] The chapel was placed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) on December 12, 1973.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nris_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nris_1-1) ["National Register Information System"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP). *[National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places)*. [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). March 13, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nrhpinv1_2-0)** Holland, F. Ross (October 1971). ["National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Yosemite Valley Chapel"](https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/73000256_text). National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nps1_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nps1_3-1) ["Yosemite Chapel"](https://www.nps.gov/yose/historyculture/chapel.htm). National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kaiser2002-1_4-0)** Kaiser, Harvey H. (2002). [*An Architectural Guidebook to the National Parks: California, Oregon, Washington*](https://archive.org/details/architecturalgui0000kais). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. pp. [107–108](https://archive.org/details/architecturalgui0000kais/page/107). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-58685-066-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58685-066-0).

Yosemite Valley Chapel in natural setting.

## External links

- [NPS — the Yosemite Valley Chapel](https://www.nps.gov/yose/historyculture/chapel.htm) — *History of Yosemite National Park webpage*.

- [Yosemite Valley Chapel website](http://www.yosemitevalleychapel.org/history.htm)

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