The Portal Ranger Station, also known as Portal Work Station, is located in Cave Creek Canyon, in the eastern Chiricahua Mountains, in Coronado National Forest near

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, southeastern Arizona. The office building and the pumphouse building of the complex were built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The office was designed by

architects of the United States Forest Service Architects of the United States Forest Service are credited with the design of many buildings and other structures in National Forests. Some of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to the significance of their architect ...

in a Craftsman

Bungalow style 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 bun ...

. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 for its

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architecture. The NRHP listing was for three

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on a property. It was deemed significant "for its association with expansion of Forest Service administration from custodial superintendence to active resource management." with

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{{National Register of Historic Places, state=collapsed Coronado National Forest United States Forest Service ranger stations Buildings and structures in Cochise County, Arizona Government buildings completed in 1934 Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona 1934 establishments in Arizona Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona Bungalow architecture in Arizona American Craftsman architecture in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Cochise County, Arizona

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