Longmire Campground Comfort Stations Explained

Longmire Campground Comfort Station No. L-302
Nearest City:Longmire, Washington
Coordinates:46.7464°N -121.8114°W
Built:1930
Architecture:Rustic style
Added:March 13, 1991
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:91000209, 91000210, 91000211

The Longmire Campground Comfort Stations were built in the early and mid-1930s in Mount Rainier National Park to provide public toilet facilities to automobile tourists camping in the park at Longmire. Essentially the same in design, the facilities were designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs. Their construction was supervised by park landscape architect Ernest A. Davidson. The timber-frame buildings followed the tenets of the prevailing National Park Service Rustic style.[1]

The comfort stations form a part of the Longmire Historic District, which is itself within the Mount Rainier National Park National Historic Landmark District, comprising the entire park. They are each individually listed on National Register of Historic Places, as of March 13, 1991.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pacific Northwest Regional Office Inventory: Longmire Comfort Station . National Park Service . 23 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315064442/https://fortress.wa.gov/dahp/wisaard/documents/RN/0/1/1384.pdf . 15 March 2012 .