Historic Pine Knot U.S. Post Office and Store in Big Bear Lake (Circa 1925)

The historic log-built Pine Knot U.S. Post Office, Store, and Studio in Big Bear Lake with rustic tree-trunk pillars and gabled roof. — Historic Pine Knot U.S. Post Office and Store in Big Bear Lake (Circa 1925) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

During a mountain motoring excursion in Southern California, Donald A. Hall Sr. documented the historic Pine Knot U.S. Post Office, Store, and Studio in the San Bernardino Mountains. Featuring peeled log columns, rustic tree-trunk porch railings, and a prominent hand-painted rooftop sign, the building preserves early 1920s civic and commercial resort architecture in the mountain settlement that later became Big Bear Lake, California.