Mather Memorial Parkway, Between Northeast Entrance & Chinook Pass, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Significance: The Mather Memorial Parkway is a scenic highway which serves as the principal approach road to Mount Rainier from the Puget Sound cities to the north and the Yakima Valley to the east. A cooperative agreement between the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service preserved a timber belt along the road for a considerable distance beyond the north and east boundaries of the park. The scenic motorway is named in honor to Stephen T. Mather, the first Director of the National Park Service.
Survey number: HAER WA-125
Building/structure dates: 1916- 1932 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97000344