Sedona Ranger Station

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Sedona Ranger Station
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The front of the building
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LocationBrewer Rd. S. of Hart Rd., Sedona, Arizona
Coordinates 34°51′44.83″N111°45′56.52″W / 34.8624528°N 111.7657000°W / 34.8624528; -111.7657000 Coordinates: 34°51′44.83″N111°45′56.52″W / 34.8624528°N 111.7657000°W / 34.8624528; -111.7657000
Area3.5 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1917
Architect USDA/USFS Standard Plans
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No. 08000810 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 2008

The Sedona Ranger Station was built by the U.S. Forest Service in Sedona, Arizona in 1917 to administer the Red Rock Ranger District of Coconino National Forest. The ranger station complex includes a residence, a barn and a pump house. The house is a wood frame single story bungalow-style building on a sandstone foundation. [2]

In the 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps built the barn and pumphouse. The barn was built to USFS standard plan R-3-45A-7. [2]

The property was sold before 2008 to private owners. [2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 2008. [1]

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Rear of the building

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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 Burgess, Nancy L. (March 6, 2008). "National Register of Historic Pl;aces Registration Form: Sedona Ranger Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 12 June 2013.