Jacob Lake Ranger Station

Jacob Lake Ranger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Jacob Lake, Arizona
Coordinates	36°42′23.38″N 112°13′42.53″W / 36.7064944°N 112.2284806°WCoordinates: 36°42′23.38″N 112°13′42.53″W / 36.7064944°N 112.2284806°W
Area	1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built	1910
NRHP Reference #	87001151[1]
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1987

The Jacob Lake Ranger Station is a U.S. Forest Service ranger station in the community of Jacob Lake, Arizona. Jacob Lake is at a road junction leading to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, making the ranger station a major contact point for visitors to Kaibab National Forest until the construction of the Kaibab Plateau Visitor Center. The ranger station comprises a wood-framed cabin and a barn, both adjoining a fenced pasture that surrounds Jacob Lake. The complex was built by the Forest Service in 1910.^[2][3]

Description

The cabin is a 24-foot (7.3 m) by 32-foot (9.8 m) wood-framed structure, resting on a limestone foundation. The walls are clad with board-and-batten siding, and the roof is covered with wood shakes, the only surviving board-and-batten cabin in Kaibab National Forest. The long elevation faces Jacob Lake with a shed-roofed porch across the entire side, formerly enclosed, but now restored to its original open configuration. The interior has two rooms, a kitchen and a bedroom, entered by individual doors from the porch.^[2]

The barn is a 1-1/2 story frame structure with board-and-batten siding on a concrete foundation. The roof slopes saltbox fashion from 1-1/2 stories at the front to one story at the back.^[2]

The Jacob Lake Ranger Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1987.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Cleeland, Teri A. (December 29, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Jacob Lake Ranger Station" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
3. Joslin, Les (2012). Uncle Sam's Cabins: A Visitor's Guide to Historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West. Wilderness Associates. pp. 108–111. ISBN 978-0-9647167-8-0.