The Pinedale Ranger Station is in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, and located near Pinedale in

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The ranger station's buildings were built in 1934 by the CCC − Civilian Conservation Corps. The administration of timber sales was one of the ranger's main duties; the lumber mill town of Standard is located about three miles to the south. with It was listed on the

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for its architecture, which is

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and

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. It was designed by architects of the USDA Forest Service. The NRHP listing included three

contributing buildings 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 ...

which served as government housing and as office space, located on .

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