Great Basin Research Station Historic District
Great Basin Research Station Historic District | |
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| Nearest city | Ephraim, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 39.319977°N 111.486679°W |
| Area | 71.9 acres (0.291 km2) |
| Built | 1912-16; 1933-36 |
| Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Architect | U.S.F.S. architects |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Forest Service Standards |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000678[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 28, 1996 |
The Great Basin Research Station Historic District, in Ephraim Canyon near Ephraim, Utah, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
The noncontiguous district includes two complexes of buildings about three miles apart.
The Headquarters portion is the experiment station headquarters complex, located on Forest Road 0053 off Ephraim Canyon Road, at 39.319977°N 111.486679°W, and is perhaps also known as Great Basin Station (per Google maps).
The Alpine Cabin portion is another complex of buildings, about three miles east, apparently at 39.301909°N 111.447435°W (based on Google Satellite searching and map sketch in nomination document). (This is not the Seely Creek Guard Station, on Forest Road 0050, at 39.312229°N 111.429447°W, just a bit further.)
"built 1912-16 and 1933-36, is located in the Wasatch Plateau region of central Utah about 100 miles south of Salt Lake City and approximately eight miles east of Ephraim, Utah in Ephraim Canyon. The historic district is noncontiguous and consists of the experimental station headquarters complex (hereafter referred to as the Headquarters) and another complex of buildings within the range boundaries, about three miles east of the Headquarters complex, the Alpine Cabin and Experiment Station (hereafter referred to as the Alpine Cabin). The Great Basin Experimental Range was created by the U.S. Forest Service in 1912 on 4,608 acres to research problems in forestry and watershed management. 1 The buildings at the Headquarters and the Alpine Cabin complexes were built in several periods from 1912 through the 1930's, and consist of 10 contributing buildings at the Headquarters and three contributing buildings at the Alpine Cabin. In addition, there are three contributing structures at the Headquarters: a tennis court, an amphitheater, and a tent frame. There is one contributing archaeological site and three contributing objects, a flagpole, a stone bench, and water fountain, at the Headquarters as well. A number of buildings constructed in the Great Basin Station Historic District during the historic period have been demolished; a foundation at each of the complexes is all that remains of the barn and garage."[2]