page_title: LeConte Memorial Lodge
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: LeConte Memorial Lodge / Design
caption_attribution_description: Interior of the LeConte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite National Park, California, United States. A bas-relif of Joseph LeConte can be seen above the fireplace. The library is on the left.
context_page_description: The LeConte Memorial Lodge, now known as the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center, is a structure in Yosemite National Park in California, United States. LeConte is spelled variously as Le Conte or as Leconte. Built in 1903 by the Sierra Club, it is nearly unique within the National Park Service system as a high-quality example of Tudor Revival architecture, and is an important early expression of the Club's mission. The lodge was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
context_section_description: Architect John White designed the Lodge. The design 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.
  The lodge's initial construction predates the National Park Service's later emphasis on rustic construction, and marks a transition from formal European design prototypes to a design philosophy more aligned with locale and native building materials.
  The Lodge served as the first visitors center in Yosemite National Park, but has since been replaced by a larger National Park Service facility near Yosemite Village.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.
caption: Interior of the Lodge. A bas-relief of Joseph LeConte is over the fireplace.
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