Leavenworth Ranger Station, Forest service administrative complex in Leavenworth, Washington.
The Leavenworth Ranger Station is a forest service administrative complex on roughly 10 acres with nine buildings featuring gable roofs, dormers, and multi-paned windows in rustic style. The layout includes specialized facilities such as automotive shops, equipment storage, and fire warehouses, all built with consistent architectural details.
The complex was built in 1937–38 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to designs by the USDA Forest Service's Region 6 Architecture Group in Rustic style. Nine contributing buildings, including the Ranger Station Office and two residences, were completed between 1937 and 1939. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The complex takes its name from the town of Leavenworth, and its nine contributing buildings were laid out as a working Forest Service compound rather than a monument. The Ranger Station Office, residences numbered 1243 and 1245, garages, automotive shop, equipment storage building, gas house and fire warehouse show how staff lived and worked on site. The design came from the Forest Service's Region 6 Architecture Group, which worked in the Rustic style.
The complex occupies a 9.9-acre (4.0 ha) site in Leavenworth, with the Ranger Station Office, residences, garages, automotive shop, equipment storage building, gas house and fire warehouse grouped together. The buildings stand at roughly 47°35′56″N 120°39′27″W. It is an active Forest Service ranger district facility, not a visitor center, so plan around administrative use rather than public exhibits.
The complex was designed by the USDA Forest Service's Region 6 Architecture Group, which gave all nine contributing buildings a shared Rustic style. The listing covers 9.9 acres and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Among the properties are two residences, numbered 1243 and 1245, each with its own garage.
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