Breitenbush Guard Station Explained

Breitenbush Guard Station
Coordinates:44.7817°N -121.9664°W
Built:1935
Architect:USDA Forest Service
Added:April 8, 1986
Delisted:February 7, 2011[1]
Refnum:86000843

The Breitenbush Guard Station in Willamette National Forest, Detroit, Oregon was designed by architects of the United States Forest Service and was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 for its Rustic architecture, as part of a multiple property listing of Depression Era works of the U.S. Forest Service in Oregon and Washington.[2] Its nomination asserts:

The Breitenbush Guard Station exemplifies the rustic architectural idiom developedby the Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, to impart Forest Serviceidentity and to represent its purposes and ideals; and signifies the agency'sparticular interpretation of a singular expression of early twentieth centuryAmerican architectural thought.[2]
The nomination continues to assert that the station is an "outstanding example of an architecturallocution invested with special aesthetic and associative values by the agency that created it."[2]

The listing included two contributing buildings, a single dwelling and a secondary structure, on . The station building was an H-shaped, wood building on a concrete foundation, with a high gabled roof.[2]

It was removed from the National Register in February 2011 after being destroyed by fire in 2000.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Park Service . National Park Service . Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/7/11 through 2/11/11 . February 18, 2011 . February 20, 2011 .
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|86000843}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination: Breitenbush Guard Station ]. E. Sail Throop. September 1984. and (excerpt from larger "" thematic resources nomination)
  3. Web site: Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.