Sunflower Ranger Station
Sunflower Administrative Site | |
Nearest city | Punkin Center, Arizona |
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Coordinates | 33°53′37″N 111°28′57″W / 33.89373°N 111.48244°W |
Built | 1935 |
Architect | USDA Forest Service |
Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman |
MPS | Depression-Era USDA Forest Service Administrative Complexes in Arizona MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 93000528[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 10, 1993 |
The Sunflower Ranger Station, also known as Sunflower Administrative Site or Sycamore Ranger Station, in Tonto National Forest in the Sunflower district near Punkin Center, Arizona was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 for its architecture, which is Bungalow/Craftsman in style. It served historically as institutional housing and as government office space. The listing included two contributing buildings.[1]
It is located at elevation of about 3,500 feet (1,100 m); surroundings rise to 7,200 feet (2,200 m). The station consists of six buildings (a residence/office, a barn/garage/shop, three sheds and a latrine) and a corral. The residence/office and the barn/garage/shop were built in 1935 and are the two contributing resources in the listing.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael A. Sullivan (September 19, 2017). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sunflower Ranger Station / Sunflower Administrative Site / Sycamore Ranger Station". National Park Service. Retrieved March 13, 2017. with three photos from 1989
- United States Forest Service ranger stations
- Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona
- American Craftsman architecture in Arizona
- Bungalow architecture in Arizona
- Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona
- Residential buildings completed in 1935
- Buildings and structures in Maricopa County, Arizona
- Coronado National Forest
- National Register of Historic Places in Maricopa County, Arizona
- 1935 establishments in Arizona