Big Basin Up for Historic Designation

The California State Historical Resources Commission will consider eleven nominations for federal historic designation and four nominations for state historic designation during a meeting Friday morning.

Big Basin State Park has two nominations under consideration:

Historic Resources of Big Basin Redwoods Multiple Property Submission
Big Basin Redwoods, established in 1902, is California’s oldest state park, and it was the only California state park to have any significant visitor infrastructure or development built by the state until the 1920s. Between 1933 and 1941, the CCC built extensive facilities for tourists and park staff in Big Basin, as they did in state parks across the country. Big Basin Redwoods was one of the earliest California state parks to benefit from CCC construction programs.
Lower Sky Meadow Residential Area Historic District (Big Basin Redwoods MPS)
Boulder Creek Santa Cruz County
The district meets the requirements of the Historic Resources of Big Basin Redwoods State Park Multiple Property Submission for its association with development in Big Basin Redwoods State Park and in California State Parks. Lower Sky Meadow was the first residential complex built in a California state park between 1941 and 1955.

The Commission meeting will be held Friday, August 1, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 500, the California State Library Meeting Room, at the Stanley Mosk Library and Courts Building, 914 Capitol Mall in Sacramento.