Ernest A. Davidson

Ernest A. Davidson was an American architect.

Among his works are two National Park Service building complexes at Mount Rainier National Park, both designated National Historic Landmarks:

• Longmire Buildings
• Yakima Park Stockade Group

In 1932, Ernest A. Davidson pondered the result of development in Mt. Rainier's Yakima Park, noting it could be classed as a failure "since the area is far less attractive" than before construction, or it might be considered a great success "since the general appearance and result is far superior to those other developments with which comparison may be made, and 'just grew' like topsy".^[1]

References

1. Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service / Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction, Environmental History, Oct 1998, by James A. Pritchard, review of Wilderness by Design: Landscape Architecture and the National Park Service by Ethan Carr, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998, and Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction by Linda Flint McClelland, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.