Beaumont Cabin Consensus Determination of Eligibility

Bae, Sang

Consensus Determination of Eligibility for the Beaumont Cabin at Olympic National Park. The Beaumont Cabin is a single-story, one-room log cabin located to the south of the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington. The cabin is a small rectangular log structure topped with a moderately pitched gable roof and a mortared stone chimney. Originally built in 1888 along Mount Angeles Road by Elliott E. Beaumont, a migrant from Michigan, the cabin was moved to its current location in 1962. Building was determined eligible under National Register Criterion C: Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. With Criteria Consideration B: Removed from its original location. The Beaumont Cabin is locally eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion C as embodying the distinctive characteristics of the settlement-era vernacular log and pole structures in the Olympic Peninsula. As a moved property, the cabin is ineligible for listing under Criterion A as the building has lost its association with the historic events of settlement and homesteading in its original location and has not achieved significance upon relocation in 1962.