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Jacob Lake Ranger Station

Jacob Lake Ranger Station
Front view of the Jacob Lake Ranger Station
The Jacob Lake Ranger Station, March 2010
Jacob Lake Ranger Station is located in Arizona
Jacob Lake Ranger Station
Jacob Lake Ranger Station
Location of Jacob Lake Ranger Station
Jacob Lake Ranger Station is located in the United States
Jacob Lake Ranger Station
Jacob Lake Ranger Station
Jacob Lake Ranger Station (the United States)
LocationJacob Lake, Arizona
United States
Coordinates36°42′23.38″N 112°13′42.53″W / 36.7064944°N 112.2284806°W / 36.7064944; -112.2284806
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1910 (1910)
Built byUnited States Forest Service
NRHP reference No.87001151[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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]

Description

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Jacob Lake Ranger Station, 1918

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]

History

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In June 2020, the station narrowly escape being destroyed in the Mangum Fire.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Cleeland, Teri A. (December 29, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Jacob Lake Ranger Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ Joslin, Les (2012). Uncle Sam's Cabins: A Visitor's Guide to Historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West. Wilderness Associates. pp. 108–111. ISBN 978-0-9647167-8-0.
  4. ^ "#MangumFire "We attacked directly and fell back and attacked again, too many times to count. The fire burned within feet of the Historic Ranger station but through pre-preparation and crews arriving back on scene in the nick of time… saved it."". Twitter. Kaibab National Forest. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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