College Creek Ranger Station

College Creek Ranger Station

Photograph of a wooden building with a porch/loading dock and steep, rocky slopes in the background.

The office-warehouse building at College Creek Ranger Station in 2013.
Nearest city Imnaha, Oregon
Coordinates 45°26′02″N 116°47′08″W / 45.433851°N 116.785523°W / 45.433851; -116.785523Coordinates: 45°26′02″N 116°47′08″W / 45.433851°N 116.785523°W / 45.433851; -116.785523
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1935
Built by Civilian Conservation Corps
Architect Architects of the U.S. Forest Service
Architectural style Rustic architecture of USDA
MPS USDA Forest Service Administrative Buildings in Oregon and Washington Built by the CCC MPS
NRHP Reference # 91000171[1]
Added to NRHP March 6, 1991

The College Creek Ranger Station, near Imnaha, Oregon outside of Enterprise, Oregon, was built in 1935. It is located along the Imnaha River in the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. It includes rustic architecture of USDA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991; the listing includes four contributing buildings.[1]

It was designed by the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Region architects and was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. This station "is a good example of an architectural locution invested with special aesthetic and associative values by the [U.S. Forest Service] that created it."[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ E. Gail Throop (January 15, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: College Creek Ranger Station" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying six photos from 1985


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