Watson Log Cabin

Historic house in California, United States

United States historic place


Watson Log Cabin
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°10′17″N 120°8′20″W / 39.17139°N 120.13889°W / 39.17139; -120.13889
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1908
Built by	Robert Montgomery Watson
Architectural style	Log house
NRHP reference No.	79000518^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1979

Watson Log Cabin in Tahoe City, California, was built in 1908 by Robert Montgomery Watson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

It is the only historic log cabin in the Tahoe City area.^[2]

The cabin is now owned by the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society and is open to the public seasonally.

Watson Creek and Watson Lake, just north of Lake Tahoe, are also named for R. M. Watson.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Bruce Shindler (June 13, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Watson Log Cabin". National Park Service. and accompanying three photos from 1979
^ Lekisch, Barbara (1988). Tahoe Place Names: The Origin and History of Names in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Great West Books. p. 151. ISBN 9780944220016. Retrieved 4 July 2020.