Chatter Creek Guard Station

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Chatter Creek Guard Station
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LocationAlong Icicle Gorge Loop Trail, Wenatchee National Forest, about 10.5 miles (16.9 km) west of Leavenworth, Washington
Nearest city Leavenworth, Washington
Coordinates 47°36′27″N120°53′04″W / 47.60755°N 120.88442°W / 47.60755; -120.88442 Coordinates: 47°36′27″N120°53′04″W / 47.60755°N 120.88442°W / 47.60755; -120.88442
Area1.98 acres (0.80 ha)
Architect USDA Forest Service Architecture Group; Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
MPS Depression-Era Buildings TR
NRHP reference No. 86000812 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 1986

The Chatter Creek Guard Station is a Rustic style set of buildings in Wenatchee National Forest, in Leavenworth, Washington. It was designed by the USDA Forest Service Architecture Group and built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The listing includes three contributing buildings: [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1]

It is located just off the Icicle Gorge loop trail (which partly runs along Icicle Creek) in the Wenatchee Mountains. [3]

Notes

  1. While the NRHP registration form list this property as a district, it's apparently enlisted as a single building in the NRHP Asset Detail page

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. E. Sail Throop (September 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination: Depression-Era Buildings TR".
  3. Icicle Gorge Nature Loop