Bandelier Historic Structure Report: CCC Buildings

THE BUILDINGS (continued)

B-13, Garage

This garage (figure 89) was constructed in 1937 to house lodge vehicles and to provide space for minor automobile repairs for lodge guests. The three-bay garage originally had tuff gravel floors, and the small attached shop had concrete floors. [126] One stall of this garage was converted to a wood storage area for the lodge in 1939. [127] A concrete pad was poured in the garage section in recent years. Windows and smaller doors have been cut into the original doors in the garage bays. An interesting aspect of this structure was that it was designed with two fronts. The functional front of the garage faces the lodge utility area (figure 90), and the shop entrance (figure 91) faces the plaza. The plaza facade is connected to B-14, the lodge gas and oil house, by a portal with a solid back wall, making the two buildings seem like one structure. The building received a new foam roof in 1981 and new natural gas service in 1983. When building use changed to a training facility, a bathroom and kitchen were added in 1984.

Richard W. Thompson designed the building.

Figure 89. Plans for the garage (B-13), 1937 (drawing 315/2029, sheet 1).

Figure 90. B-13, the garage of Frijoles Canyon Lodge, was a simple structure that housed lodge vehicles and a small repair service. This photograph, taken from the courtyard of the lodge utility area, shows the building shortly after construction but before exterior plastering. (Photo: Bandelier)

Figure 91. This photograph, taken from the plaza elevation, shows B-13 on the right and B-14 on the left. A portal connects the two buildings. Note how the two buildings look like one building. (Photo: Harrison for NPS)