Jacob Lake Ranger Station | |
| The Jacob Lake Ranger Station, March 2010 | |
| Location | Jacob Lake, Arizona United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°42′23.38″N112°13′42.53″W / 36.7064944°N 112.2284806°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| Built by | United States Forest Service |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001151 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 13, 1987 |
The Jacob Lake Ranger Station is a historic U.S. Forest Service ranger station in the unincorporated community of Jacob Lake, Arizona, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). [1]
Jacob Lake is at a road junction leading to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, making the ranger station a major contact point for visitors to Kaibab National Forest until the construction of the nearby Kaibab Plateau Visitor Center. The ranger station comprises a wood-framed cabin and a barn, both adjoining a fenced pasture that surrounds Jacob Lake. The complex was built by the Forest Service in 1910. [2] [3]
The cabin is a 24-foot (7.3 m) by 32-foot (9.8 m) wood-framed structure, resting on a limestone foundation. The walls are clad with board-and-batten siding, and the roof is covered with wood shakes, the only surviving board-and-batten cabin in Kaibab National Forest. The long elevation faces Jacob Lake with a shed-roofed porch across the entire side, formerly enclosed, but now restored to its original open configuration. The interior has two rooms, a kitchen and a bedroom, entered by individual doors from the porch. [2]
The barn is a 1+1⁄2-story frame structure with board-and-batten siding on a concrete foundation. The roof slopes saltbox fashion from 1+1⁄2 stories at the front to one story at the back. [2]
The Jacob Lake Ranger Station was placed on the NRHP on July 13, 1987. [1]
In June 2020, the station narrowly escape being destroyed in the Mangum Fire. [4]
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