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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Fall River Entrance HD Ranger Station
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Structure Number:
| HS-0169
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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1.
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Bighorn Ranger Station Office and Garage
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Park:
| Rocky Mountain National Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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1.
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Fall River Entrance
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Structure State:
| Colorado
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Structure County:
| Larimer
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Region:
| Intermountain
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Cluster:
| Rocky Mountain
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Administrative Unit:
| Rocky Mountain National Park
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LCS ID:
| 010506
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 01/29/1988
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Local
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Short Significance Description:
| Significant under criterion C for its representation of NPS rustic architecture (1870-1941).
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Long Significance Description:
| The Bighorn Ranger Station at Fall River Entrance is significant for its rustic design. Rustic-style buildings utilize wood and stone in an effort to blend with the surrounding environment. Architect Edward Nickel, who was prominent in the design of buildings and the development of the rustic style in Rocky Mountain National Park, supervised the design and construction of Residence #44 and two other buildings (HS-0168 and HS-0169) at the Fall River Entrance in 1936, creating a complex of distinguishable architecture. Completed during the New Deal, these buildings demonstrate a continuum of the rustic style throughout the first half of the twentieth century.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Designed
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1934
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AD
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1934
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AD
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NPS Branch of Plans and Design
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Architect
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2.
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Designed
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1934
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AD
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1934
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AD
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PSB
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Architect
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3.
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Built
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1935
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AD
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1935
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AD
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ECW/CCC
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Other
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4.
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Rehabilitated
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1947
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AD
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NPS
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Other
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5.
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Altered
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1984
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AD
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1984
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AD
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NPS
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6.
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Altered
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1990
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AD
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NPS
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Ranger Station
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Primary Current Use:
| Ranger Station
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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1.
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Secondary Structure (Garage)
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Current
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2.
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Secondary Structure (Garage)
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Historic
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Building
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Volume:
| 2,000 - 20,000 cubic feet
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Square Feet:
| 800
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Roof
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Shingle
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2.
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Foundation
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Concrete
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3.
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Walls
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Log
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4.
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Other
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Metal
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5.
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Framing
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Log
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Short Physical Description:
| One-story rectanular plan log building with side gable roof covered in wood shingles. There are exposed rafter tips and purlin ends. The logs are saddle-notched. Three garage doors and two entry doors line the front facade. The foundation is concrete.
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Long Physical Description:
| The one-story, log building has a gable roof covered in wood shingles. Like most rustic buildings, Bighorn Ranger Station has exposed log rafter ends and purlin tips. The log walls are saddle notched at the corners and painted dark brown. The walls are chinked with saplings. The foundation is poured concrete painted brown. Wood, divided light windows are painted green. Garage doors are diagonal boards with wood frame and trim painted brown. The entry doors are wood painted light green with light green trim. The stoop is wood board on a concrete base.
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