Warner Valley Ranger Station - California - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Warner Valley Ranger Station is one of the first three buildings (other two were also ranger stations at Butte Lake and Summit Lake) built by the National Park Service in Lassen Volcanic National Park. It was completed in 1926 and rebuilt in 1927 following damage by heavy snows the first winter. The ranger station is a two-story building about 24 feet square. The building is built of milled 2 x 6 inch planks laid flat one on top of another with butt-joint corners. Building has a steeply pitched gable roof and a stone fireplace. The ground floor has a bedroom, living room, and kitchen and the second floor contains two rooms. This building is the only known structure in the National Park Service made with solid milled wood walls.
The Ranger Station was placed on the National Register on April 3, 1978. More details of the Ranger Station can be found at: (visit link)

Street address: North of Chester in Lassen National Volcanic Park County / Borough / Parish: Plumas Year listed: 1978 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925 - 1949 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic, Landscape Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/17/2013 Volcanoguy visited it