Redwood Meadow Ranger Station, Ranger station in Sequoia National Park, United States.
The Redwood Meadow Ranger Station in Sequoia National Park consists of a three-room ranger station and a small barn. It was designed in 1938 by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs and built with Civilian Conservation Corps labor between 1939 and 1941. The buildings are examples of the National Park Service rustic style.
The station was designed in 1938 by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Designs and built between 1938 and 1941 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. This construction was part of the park's efforts to develop visitor infrastructure and management facilities during that period.
The station's name comes from the surrounding redwood grove, and its three-room plan and small barn show how the Park Service combined ranger quarters with equipment storage. The Civilian Conservation Corps crews who built it were young men enrolled in a New Deal work program, and their handiwork is what visitors see today.
The station stands at Redwood Meadow in the backcountry of Sequoia National Park, reached only on foot or horseback along trails; no road leads to it. Plan a full day or an overnight trip, carry water since none is available at the site, and check trail conditions with the park before setting out.
The station and its small barn were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 13 April 1978, in Tulare County, California. The listing covers the three-room ranger station and the barn, both built in the National Park Service rustic style.
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