Saksun, Faroe Islands
Saksun Private Residence
Small homes like this in Saksun on the Faroe Islands were built with turf roofs to provide protection from the rain and thermal insulation.
Photo Credit: Francisco Enriquez
Half Dome Village, previously “Curry Village,” is a camping ground in Mariposa County, California within Yosemite National Park. In 2016, Curry Village was forced to change its name to Half Dome Village due to a trademark dispute between the National Park Service and a private concessions company, Delaware North. At an elevation of 4,003ft (1,220m), the location occupies a central position in the Yosemite Valley and lies on a talus cone of debris from old rockfalls.
In 1899, David A. Curry and Jenny Etta Foster (later known as “Mother Curry”) opened a tented camp site. They advertised “a good bed and clean napkin with every meal” for $2 a day (equivalent to $61.78 in 2020).
Significant structures include the 1914 entrance sign, the 1904 Old Registration Office, and the 1913 dance hall, now adapted as guest lodgings known as the Stoneman House. Bungalows with en-suite baths were built from 1918-1922, and bungalows without plumbing were built during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The Village, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), also includes a store, dining facilities, a lodge, and a post office. The camp’s structures are rustic wood-framed cabins with hipped roofs, set on stone foundations.
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