Built in 1879 (Carpenter Gothic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Mariposa County · listed in 1973 · category: Building · built in 1879, Carpenter Gothic.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 379 fires within 5 miles of Yosemite Valley Chapel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,859 acres in total. 95 started naturally. 8 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 143 |
| Natural | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 78 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | STOCK TRAIL |
| 9 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | MALL |
| 9 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | INDIAN |
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | 415 acres | Yosemite National Park | TENAYA |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | FALLS |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | TAFT |
| 6 September 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | TERRACE |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | TAFT |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Rangers' Club | 0.5 miles | 1987 |
 | Yosemite Village Historic District | 0.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Degnan's Restaurant | 0.6 miles | 2017 |
 | Camp 4 | 0.7 miles | 2003 |
 | LeConte Memorial Lodge | 0.7 miles | 1977 |
 | Yosemite Valley | 0.7 miles | 2006 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73000256 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mariposa County | All 44 listed properties in this county. |
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