The Alexander State Forest Headquarters Building served as the headquarters of the
Alexander State Forest
Alexander State Forest is located in Rapides Parish, Louisiana near the town of Woodworth. It was established in 1923 as a state demonstration forest. It contains the Indian Creek Recreation Area and the Alexander State Forest Headquarters B ...
in
Woodworth, Louisiana. The building, a
log cabin
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, was constructed in 1935 by the
Civilian Conservation Corps, who had established a camp in the forest in 1923. Alexander State Forest, which was established in 1923 and continued to grow until 1938, was the first state forest in
Louisiana and marked the first effort by a
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state to preserve its
yellow pine forests. The headquarters building is the only remaining structure from the forest's early years and is the main physical remnant of Louisiana's conservation efforts in the early 20th century. This log building was moved to the Southern Forest Heritage Museum at
Longleaf, Louisiana in September 2014 to host a Civilian Conservation Corps museum.
The building was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1987.
References
Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Civilian Conservation Corps in Louisiana
Log cabins in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
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