The Big Springs Ranger Station is a ranger station located in Kaibab National Forest near

Big Springs, Arizona Big Springs is an unincorporated community in Coconino County, Arizona, United States. Big Springs is located in Kaibab National Forest, southwest of Jacob Lake. The Big Springs Lookout Tower and Big Springs Ranger Station, which are both lis ...

. The ranger station was built by the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

in 1934. The complex includes a house, an office building, and a barn with an attached corral; while these are the only

contributing structures In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

to the district, it also includes a number of outbuildings.

U.S. Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency in ...

architects designed the buildings in a

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof (usually with dormer windows), and may be surrounded by wide verandas. The first house in England that was classified as a b ...

style characteristic of Forest Service architectural plans during the 1930s. . The ranger station was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on June 10, 1993.

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{{Coconino County, Arizona United States Forest Service ranger stations Buildings and structures in Coconino County, Arizona Kaibab National Forest Government buildings completed in 1934 National Register of Historic Places in Coconino County, Arizona Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona 1934 establishments in Arizona

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