October 25, 2024
FACTS ABOUT THE ABOVE PHOTO
Going to the Chapel and We’re gonna get Married…
The Yosemite Valley Chapel was built in the Yosemite Valley in 1879 and is the oldest structure in Yosemite Valley.
It 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.” It was moved to its present location in 1901, as the old Lower Village dwindled.
The chapel was restored in 1965, when its foundations were raised in response to a 1964 flood. It was damaged again in the 1997 Yosemite Valley floods and required repair. The chapel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1973.
Photo Credit: Susie Wanden, April 2024
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