Building Oregon

Cape Perpetua Shelter and Parapet (Yachats, Oregon)

Title
Cape Perpetua Shelter and Parapet (Yachats, Oregon)
LC Subject
Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Description
National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1988) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Photographs. Prepared by John W. Montague and Sraya E. Meza, Department of Resource Recreation Management, Oregon State University, November 18, 1983. Amended by Ward Tonsfeldt, Central Oregon College.
Provenance
Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal
1930-1939
Style Period
Rustic (European style)
Work Type
architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) plans (orthographic projections) shelters (single built works) rock shelters walls parapets
Location
Lincoln County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States Yachats >> Lincoln County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1933
Identifier
OR_Lincoln_Yachats_CapePerpetua_2.pdf
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
University of Oregon
Type
Image
Format
application/pdf
Set
Building Oregon
Primary Set
Building Oregon
Institution
University of Oregon
Note
Both the shelter and the parapet are unique stone structures that are located near the top of Cape Perpetua, 800 feet above the sea. The stone shelter, which stands today almost exactly as it was built in the summer of 1933, provides an excellent view o