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Camp Richardson Resort, Cord Cabin, U.S. Highway 89, 3 miles west of State Highway 50 , South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, CA
Location3 miles west of State Highway 50,
South Lake Tahoe vicinity, CA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CA-2657-A
Building/structure dates:
1931 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1996 demolished
Significance: The Cord Cabin is one of 32 historic guest cabins contributing to the Camp Richardson Resort Historic District, representing the period of significance for the resort (1926-1940). The Cord cabin is an example of "resort rustic" architecture typical of resorts associated with the outdoor recreational movement in the Sierra Nevada, automobile travel and the expansion of the State Highway system. Camp Richardson Resort was established around 1919 by Alonzo Richardson although most of the extant buildings were constructed between 1926 and 1960. A number of the first buildings were purchased from the old Grove Resort, and moved to Camp Richardson. All the guest cabins were named after popular automobiles or oil and gas companies since, beginning in 1911, Richardson owned and operated the first auto stage line between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe.
Subjects
Cabins
Related Names
Richardson, Alonzo
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERVIEW OF MAIN ENTRANCE TO RESORT WITH STATE HIGHWAY 89 IN FOREGROUND; MAIN LODGE IS ON THE FAR LEFT (WEST); CORD CABIN IS BEHIND AND TO THE RIGHT OF PARKED VEHICLES.
2. GENERAL VIEW: MAIN DRIVEWAY: CORD CABIN IS TO THE RIGHT OF KIOSK THE FAGEOL CABIN IS IN THE BACKGROUND.
3. OBLIQUE VIEW OF FRONT (WEST) AND SOUTH SIDE ELEVATIONS
4. FRONT (WEST) ELEVATION
5. NORTH SIDE ELEVATION; TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE IN BACKGROUND
6. SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION
7. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BACK (EAST) AND SOUTH SIDE
8. REMAINING RAILING AND SIDE VIEW OF PORCH FROM NORTH SIDE
9. SIDE VIEW OF PORCH SHOWING PORCH ROOF DETAIL FORM NORTH SIDE
10. DETAIL OF WINDOW AT SOUTH END OF FRONT
11. DETAIL OF FOUNDATION PIER AND POST; NOTE THAT ROCK BASE IS A PREHISTORIC OR ETHNOGRAPHIC GROUND STONE MILLING SLAB
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