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MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, WASHINGTON *To be demolished*
Henry M. Jackson Memorial Visitor Center, Whimberley, Whisenand, Allison
& Tong, Honolulu, McGuire & Muri, Tacoma, Washington, 1964-67
View of visitor center in winter snow, located
at Paradise on the south side of Mount Rainier (elevation 5400 feet).
(Photograph by Christine Madrid, March 1999)
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Overall view of building, ca. 1970s.
(Photographer unknown, n.d., courtesy National Park Service Historic
Photography Collection)
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First floor plan showing layout of building.
(Courtesy National Park Service)
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Details of the visitor center. A long, circular
ramp leads visitors through a series of exhibits ending at the observation
room. The enclosed observation area provides a 360-degree view of
the surrounding mountain landscape.
Photographs by Christine Madrid, March 1999.
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Detail of ceiling in circular observation room.
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Observation room with multi-colored
walls of ramp.
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Detail of window in circular observation
room.
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Scene from the ramp.
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Sweeping ceiling seen from the
ramp.
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