| Yosemite Valley Chapel | |
| Location: | Yosemite Valley, off CA 140, Yosemite National Park, California |
| Coordinates: | 37.7408°N -119.5906°W |
| Built: | 1879 |
| Architecture: | Carpenter Gothic |
| Added: | December 12, 1973 |
| Refnum: | 73000256 |
The Yosemite Valley Chapel was built in the Yosemite Valley of California in 1879.
The wooden chapel was designed by San Francisco architect Charles Geddes in the Carpenter Gothic style. It was built by Geddes' son-in-law, Samuel Thompson of San Francisco, for the California State Sunday School Association, at a cost of between three or four thousand dollars.
The chapel was originally built in the "Lower Village" as called then, its site at the present day trailhead of the Four Mile Trail. The chapel was moved to its present location in 1901, as the old Lower Village dwindled.
As stipulated in the organization's application for permission, the chapel is an interdenominational facility. The L-shaped frame chapel covers an area of about 1470square feet. It is clad in board and batten siding with a prominent steeple. It seats about 250 people.[1] [2]