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Mojave National Preserve's Bert Smith Rock House has been meticulously restored

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02738-rock-house.jpg I turn at the short road leading to the historic rock house above Rock Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe Bert Smith Rock House sports deeply recessed windows and an unusual lack of a roof lineI turn at the short road leading to the historic rock house above Rock Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe Bert Smith Rock House sports deeply recessed windows and an unusual lack of a roof lineI turn at the short road leading to the historic rock house above Rock Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe Bert Smith Rock House sports deeply recessed windows and an unusual lack of a roof lineI turn at the short road leading to the historic rock house above Rock Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe Bert Smith Rock House sports deeply recessed windows and an unusual lack of a roof lineI turn at the short road leading to the historic rock house above Rock Spring, Mojave National PreserveThumbnailsThe Bert Smith Rock House sports deeply recessed windows and an unusual lack of a roof line

The rock house was built by a World War I gas victim named Bert Smith, who homesteaded here in 1929 and didn't expect to live long. However, he lived in the house until 1954.