Cima Park Fire Guard Station
Cima Park Fire Guard Station | |
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| Nearest city | Douglas, Arizona |
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| Coordinates | 31°51′41″N 109°16′55″W / 31.86139°N 109.28194°W |
| Area | 2 acres (8,100 m2) |
| Built | 1934 |
| Architect | USDA Forest Service |
| Architectural style | Vernacular, log |
| MPS | Depression-Era USDA Forest Service Administrative Complexes in Arizona MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000514[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 10, 1993 |
The Cima Park Fire Guard Station near Douglas, Arizona was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993[1] for its architecture, which is "vernacular, log" architecture. It was designed by the USDA Forest Service and served as institutional housing. The listing included four contributing buildings (a cabin, a toolshed, an outhouse, and a barn) on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) area.[2]
It is located on Greenhouse Trail in the Chiricahua Mountains. The station was built to serve as a headquarters camp for fire crews who could be dispatched to fight fires based upon telephone reports from fire lookouts. The telephone operator also was the cook.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b C. Cameron and P. Spoerl (September 18, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cima Park Fire Guard Station". National Park Service. Retrieved March 13, 2017. with four photos from 1988
