Jacob Lake Ranger Station
National Register of Historic Places

Jacob Lake Ranger Station

Jacob Lake, Coconino County, Arizona
Listed
July 12, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87001151

About this property

The Jacob Lake Ranger Station is a historic U.S. Forest Service ranger station in the unincorporated community of Jacob Lake, Arizona, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). 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 nearby 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. 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. 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. The Jacob Lake Ranger Station was placed on the NRHP on July 13, 1987. In June 2020, the station narrowly escape being destroyed in the Mangum Fire. National Register of Historic Places listings in Coconino County, Arizona Media related to Jacob Lake Ranger Station at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Jacob Lake, Coconino County, Arizona
36.70633, -112.23191

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Sources

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When was Jacob Lake Ranger Station listed on the National Register?

Jacob Lake Ranger Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1987.

What type of historic resource is Jacob Lake Ranger Station?

Jacob Lake Ranger Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Jacob Lake Ranger Station?

The period of significance for Jacob Lake Ranger Station is recorded as the industrial era.

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