Parsons Memorial Lodge

The Parsons Memorial Lodge is a small building built in 1915 by the Sierra Club at the northern end of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park.

Parsons was heavily involved in the losing fight against the flooding of the Hetch Hetchy Valley to provide a municipal water source for San Francisco.

[4] The Parsons Memorial Lodge is a 1,400-square-foot (130 m2) one story stone building, accessible only from June through October in most years.

Wood surfaces were placed over the stone benches, and the windows and shutters were studded with nails to deter bears.

It is representative of the Bay Area architectural influences adapted by Bernard Maybeck for the extreme weather variations on the high valley, and National Park Service Rustic.