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Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District

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The road features typical Park Service rustic details such as stone retaining walls and culvert headwalls. It is designed to work naturally with the landscape to provide a progression of views to motorists without adverse impact on the land. Major contributing structures include the Northwest
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style of design and construction. The new road was intended to supplant existing primitive roads that led into the park from the periphery, cutting straight through the park to its major sights. The road is designated
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in 1926, with design adjustments to conform to BPR practice. Work continued in the short building season available each year. In 1929 the park was expanded and the road network was adjusted to create an entrance at
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It was immediately apparent that further work was needed to create a durable road surface, and the road was reconstructed between 1931 and 1948, with work in the 1930s done by
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from 1925 to 1951. The road was developed to allow tourists access to the central part of the national park, and was designed in accordance with
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program in the 1950s and 60s, while blighted commercial inholdings were purchased and removed. The road was again reconstructed in the 1990s.
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labor. The road was finally paved entirely with asphalt in the 1950s. Further work was done in connection with the
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Planning began in 1922 with survey work by Park Service Chief Engineer George E. Goodwin and landscape designer
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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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Entrance Pylon, the Northeast Entrance Checking Station and Ranger Residence and the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lassen Volcanic National Park
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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National Register of Historic Places in Lassen Volcanic National Park
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Shasta County, California
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National Register of Historic Places in Tehama County, California
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Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in California
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Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District
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design principles for naturalistic road design and the
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Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District
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Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District
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Manzanita Lake Naturalist's Services Historic District
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District is located in California
Lassen Volcanic National Park Highway Historic District is located in the United States
Mineral, California
MPS
06000527
Lassen Volcanic National Park
California
National Park Service
National Park Service Rustic
California State Route 89
Daniel Ray Hull
Lassen Peak
Bureau of Public Roads
Manzanita Lake
Civilian Conservation Corps
Mission 66
Summit Lake Ranger Station
National Register of Historic Places


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National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service



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