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Built
  
1934

Opened
  
1934

Architectural style
  
American Craftsman

Nearest city
  
Portal, Arizona

NRHP Reference #
  
93000517

Area
  
4,000 m²

Added to NRHP
  
10 June 1993

Portal Ranger Station

MPS
  
Depression-Era USDA Forest Service Administrative Complexes in Arizona MPS

The Portal Ranger Station, also known as Portal Work Station, is located in Cave Creek Canyon, in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains, in Coronado National Forest near Portal, southeastern Arizona.

The office building and the pumphouse building of the complex were built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The office was designed by architects of the United States Forest Service in a Craftsman Bungalow style.

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 for its Bungalow/Craftsman architecture. The NRHP listing was for three contributing buildings on a 1-acre (0.40 ha) property.

It was deemed significant "for its association with expansion of Forest Service administration from custodial superintendence to active resource management."

References

Portal Ranger Station Wikipedia