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Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System, Plant 4, Worker Cottage, Bishop Creek, Bishop, Inyo County, CA
LocationBishop Creek,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-145-4-F
Significance: Building 115 Plant 4 (formerly Building No. 22, Plant 4), a Craftsman Style cottage, is a rare, surviving example of early worker's housing at the Bishop Creek Hydroelectric System. The unusual size and style of building 115 signifies it as one assigned to management or supervisorial staff. Built in 1905, Plant 4 was the first on the Bishop Creek System, and it remains the system's operating headquarters. The Bishop Creek System is considered significant for its role: (1) in the expansion of hydroelectric generation technology, (2) in the development of eastern California, and (3) in the development of long-distance power transmission and distribution.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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1. EXTERIOR OVERVIEW OF PLANT 4 RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX SHOWING BUILDING 115 AT LEFT PHOTO CENTER (HOUSE WITH PROJECTING GABLE END OVERLOOKING PLANT 5 FOREBAY. VIEW TO WEST.
2. EXTERIOR NORTH CORNER OF BUILDING 115. FRONT OF HOUSE IS SIDE AT PHOTO RIGHT WITH LARGE ARCHED WINDOW. WALKWAY FROM MAIN RESIDENTIAL STREET TO FRONT PORCH IS VISIBLE AT PHOTO RIGHT IN FRONT OF LARGE TREE. VIEW TO SOUTH.
3. EXTERIOR OF WEST CORNER OF HOUSE SHOWING BACK DOOR INTO UTILITY ROOM ON SOUTHWEST SIDE, CONCRETE WALKWAY FROM SOUTHWEST SIDE OF HOUSE, AND COBBLESTONE WALL AROUND FRONT PORCH. VIEW TO EAST.
4. EXTERIOR OF SOUTH CORNER OF HOUSE SHOWING 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED BEDROOM WINDOWS AT BACK OF HOUSE. VIEW TO NORTH.
5. EXTERIOR OF EAST CORNER OF HOUSE SHOWING 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOWS TO BEDROOM NO. 3 AT PHOTO CENTER. VIEW TO WEST.
6. EXTERIOR OF FRONT (NORTHWEST) SIDE OF HOUSE SHOWING EXPOSED PURLIN AND RAFTER-TAIL DETAILING, ALUMINUM-FRAMED SLIDING-GLASS DOOR REPLACEMENT FOR ORIGINAL THREE 8-LIGHT FULL-LENGTH WINDOWS, AND DUAL CASEMENT WINDOW TO KITCHEN AT PHOTO RIGHT MISSING ORIGINAL SHUTTERS. VIEW TO SOUTH.
7. EXTERIOR DETAIL OF FRONT OF HOUSE SHOWING ARCHED, 3-PART SEGMENTAL WINDOW, CONCRETE WALK AND STEPS TO FRONT PORCH, AND OPEN FRONT DOOR. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
8. EXTERIOR DETAIL SHOWING CONCRETE-LAID ANGULAR-STONE RETAINING WALL ABOVE FRONT WALKWAY, AND CONCETE-LAID COBBLESTONE WALL AROUND FRONT PORCH. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
9. INTERIOR OF LIVING ROOM SHOWING TAPERED CEILING, AND ARCHED, 3-PART SEGMENTAL WINDOW FLANKED AT PHOTO LEFT BY THE FRONT DOOR AND AT PHOTO RIGHT BY FULL-LENGTH, PAIRED 8-LIGHT CASEMENT WINDOWS. VIEW TO NORTHWEST.
10. INTERIOR OF LIVING ROOM FROM DINING ROOM SHOWING ORIGINAL FIREPLACE WITH RECENT BRICK FACADE FLANKED BY FULL-LENGTH, PAIRED 8-LIGHT CASEMENT WINDOWS. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
11. INTERIOR OF DINING ROOM FROM LIVING ROOM SHOWING OPEN PANEL DOOR TO KITCHEN IN BACKGROUND. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
12. INTERIOR OF DINING ROOM SHOWING OPEN PANEL DOOR TO KITCHEN AND CURTAINS SHIELDING SLIDING-GLASS DOOR AT PHOTO RIGHT. VIEW TO WEST.
13. INTERIOR OF KITCHEN SHOWING 1950s STYLE BUILT-IN CABINETS, PAIRED CASEMENT WINDOWS ON NORTHWEST WALL AT PHOTO RIGHT, AND 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOW OVER SINK AT PHOTO LEFT. VIEW TO WEST.
14. INTERIOR KITCHEN DETAIL SHOWING RECESSED TELEPHONE ALCOVE. VIEW TO EAST.
15. INTERIOR OF KITCHEN SHOWING OPEN DOORWAY INTO UTILITY ROOM AND RECESSED AREA IN SOUTHEAST WALL WITH REFRIGERATOR. VIEW TO SOUTHEAST.
16. INTERIOR OF UTILITY ROOM SHOWING PAIRED CASMENT WINDOWS AND PANELED AND GLAZED REAR DOOR. VIEW TO SOUTH.
17. INTERIOR OF MAIN HALL SHOWING DOORWAY FROM DINING ROOM. SIDE HALL ENTERS MAIN HALL FROM LEFT AT PHOTO CENTER UNDER CEILING LIGHT. VIEW TO WEST.
18. INTERIOR OF MAIN HALL SHOWING 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOW AT SOUTHEAST END. DOORWAY TO BEDROOM NO. 2 IS OPEN AT PHOTO LEFT. BEDROOM NO. 3 IS ACCESSED TO THE LEFT AT END OF HALL NEXT TO THE WINDOW. VIEW TO EAST.
19. INTERIOR OF SIDE HALL SHOWING DOORWAY TO BATHROOM AT PHOTO LEFT. DOORWAY AT END OF SIDE HALL (PHOTO RIGHT) LEADS TO BEDROOM NO. 1. VIEW TO SOUTH.
20. INTERIOR OF SIDE HALL SHOWING LINEN CLOSET AT PHOTO RIGHT. OPEN PANELED DOOR AT PHOTO CENTER NEXT TO LINEN CLOSET LEADS TO ATTIC STAIRWAY. DOORWAY ADJACENT TO ATTIC STAIRWAY DOOR AT PHOTO LEFT LEADS TO BEDROOM NO. 1. VIEW TO WEST.
21. INTERIOR OF BATHROOM SHOWING NARROW CASEMENT WINDOW ABOVE BUILT-IN VANITY WITH DRAWERS. VIEW TO SOUTH.
22. INTERIOR OF BEDROOM NO. 1 SHOWING DOORWAY TO CLOSET AT PHOTO RIGHT CENTER, AND OPEN PANELED ENTRY DOOR AT PHOTO RIGHT. VIEW TO WEST.
23. INTERIOR OF BEDROOM NO. 1 SHOWING 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOWS ON SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WALLS. VIEW TO SOUTH.
24. INTERIOR OF BEDROOM NO. 2 SHOWING SIDE HALL TO BEDROOM NO. 1 (BACKGROUND) THROUGH OPEN DOOR. VIEW TO SOUTHWEST.
25. INTERIOR OF BEDROOM NO. 2 SHOWING OPEN PANELED DOOR LEADING TO THE WALK-IN CLOSET, 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOWS ON NORTHEAST WALL, AND A SINGLE, SMALL CASEMENT WINDOW ON THE SAME WALL INSIDE THE CLOSET. VIEW TO NORTHEAST.
26. INTERIOR OF BEDROOM NO. 3 SHOWING OPEN WALK-IN CLOSET, AND ONE OF A PAIR OF 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOWS ARRANGED SINGLY ON THE NORTHEAST WALL. VIEW TO NORTH.
27. INTERIOR OF BEDROOM NO. 3 SHOWING SINGLE 1-LIGHT OVER 1-LIGHT, DOUBLE-HUNG, WOOD-FRAMED WINDOWS PIERCING THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST WALLS. VIEW TO SOUTH.
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