CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK
Superintendent's Residence
All the buildings in the valley were built with native materials and
natural colors using massive stone masonry and steeply pitched roofs as
the central theme. The superintendent's house carried exterior themes to
the interior, where the buildings were finished with fine woodwork
detailing, Mission-style furniture and wrought-iron light fixtures.
A compact floor plan and minimum building envelope were created
because of the unique construction method used in Munson Valley. Due to
a short building season, formwork for the superintendent's residence at
Crater Lake National Park was constructed to support the upper walls and
roof of the house until the masonry walls below cured. The walls
contained boulders up to five feet in diameter. This method eliminated
the delay of waiting for the walls to reach adequate strength before
construction of the second story could begin.
Photograph by Laura Soulliere.
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