Death Canyon Barn, Ranger station and barn in Teton County, United States.
Death Canyon Barn is a one-and-a-half story log structure with saddle-notched corners sitting on a stone foundation at Grand Teton National Park. It serves today as a maintenance facility for the park and stands at the intersection of Death Canyon Trail and Alaska Basin Trail.
Built in 1935 by Civilian Conservation Corps crews working from the Phelps Lake Spike Camp, the Death Canyon Barn was designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Design as a barn. It became a patrol cabin in 1945, and after the CCC dissolved it was converted to store trail maintenance tools and house personnel, since a proposed cabin for that purpose was never completed. In the 1950s it briefly held a seasonal ranger station.
The building shows how National Park Service construction looked in the 1930s, using local materials and building methods from that era. The style reflects how federal structures were designed to fit naturally into park landscapes.
The building is easy to find since it sits right along well-known hiking trails and is accessible from them. The area can be visited year-round, though summer months offer the best conditions for hiking.
The barn shares its design and purpose with the Cascade Canyon Barn to the north, the differences coming from the materials on hand and the preferences of each CCC crew. The corral fence is held up largely by standing trees rather than posts. The hayloft became a sleeping loft, furnished with a rodent-proof food storage box and a propane stove.
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