Chamberlain Ranger Station Historic District

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Chamberlain Ranger Station Historic District
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Location Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, Payette National Forest, Idaho County, Idaho
Coordinates 45°22′32″N115°12′02″W / 45.375556°N 115.200556°W / 45.375556; -115.200556 Coordinates: 45°22′32″N115°12′02″W / 45.375556°N 115.200556°W / 45.375556; -115.200556
Area100 acres (40 ha)
Built1921
Architect USFS architects
Architectural style Rustic
NRHP reference No. 03001388 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 14, 2004

The Chamberlain Ranger Station Historic District, also known as the Chamberlain Guard Station, is located in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness within Payette National Forest in Idaho County, Idaho. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

The listing was for a 100 acres (40 ha) area which included four contributing buildings and two contributing sites. [2] The station's residence was built during 1937 to 1938. It is a one-and-a-half-story 28 by 33 feet (8.5 m × 10.1 m) log building on a concrete and rock masonry foundation, based on a USFS Standard Plan model R-4 #53-c. Its walls are peeled lodgepole pine logs from trees cut on the site. Its corners are saddle-notched. [2]

Other structures include one built during the first decade of the 20th century, moved to the site in 1954, and another built c.1921. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Kathleen Prouty Eld (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Chamberlain Ranger Station Historic District / Chamberlain Guard Station". National Park Service . Retrieved September 18, 2017. With seven photos from 2002.