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Atlanta Ranger Station Historic DistrictName of PropertyAtlanta. Elmore County. IdahoCity, County, and State10. Geographical DataAcreage of property 24 acresUTM References(Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.)1 1/1 6/5/0/3/7/0 4/8/5/1/6/0/0 2 1/1 6/5/0/3/4/0 4/8/5/1/6/6/0Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing3 1/1 6/5/0/4/3/0 4/8/5/1/8/3/0 4 1/1 6/5/0/6/6/0 4/8/5/1/9/6/0Verbal Boundary Description_____(Describe the boundaries of the property.)X See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 10Boundary Justification__________(Explain why the boundaries were selected.)X See continuation sheet(s) for Section No. 1011. Form Prepared Byname/title Douglas W. Dodd. Consulting Historianorganization ____________________street & number 6750 El Colegio Rd. #326____city or town Goleta_________________date 12/10/93telephone (805) 562-6949state_CA_ zip code 93117Additional DocumentationSubmit the following items with the completed form:• Continuation Sheets• Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.A Sketch map for historic districts and/or properties having large acreage or numerous resources.• Photographs: Representative black and white photographs of the property.• Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items.)Prooertv Ownername USDA Forest Service. Boise National Foreststreet & numbercity or town __telephonestate __ zip codePaperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing ordetermine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the NationalHistoric Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 etseq.).Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gatheringand maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, AdministrativeServices Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reductions Projects(1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503.
NPS Form 10-900-a UB No. 1024-0018(1993)United States Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceNational Register of Historic PlacesContinuation SheetSection number 7 Page 1 Name of Property Atlanta Ranger Station Historic DistrictCounty and StateAtlanta. Elmore County. Idaho______DescriptionThe Atlanta Ranger Station Historic District consists often buildings situated on 24 acres of landon a terrace approximately 1,00 feet south of the Middle Fork Boise River. Originally theheadquarters of the Boise National Forest's Atlanta Ranger District, the Station is now used by theBoise National Forest as a base for work crews, a recreation rental cabin, and housing for therecreation cabin volunteer.The grounds: The Ranger Station was withdrawn from the public domain by the General LandOffice Commissioner in 1909. The site around the Ranger Station has been leveled. A low, stoneretaining wall visible north of the ranger's dwelling indicates that Civilian Conservation Corpsenrollees expended some effort in preparing the site for construction. Grass lawns have beenplanted around the ranger's dwelling, garage, office/bedroom, and guard's dwelling. Foundationplantings of annual flowers and lilac bushes ornament the ranger's dwelling. A flagpole marks theentrance to the ranger's front walk.The entire compound and pastures are enclosed by a rail fence. Much of the unlandscaped portionof the grounds remain in pasture for Forest Service livestock, as they have since the Station'sestablishment. The Station's uplands remain in sagebrush, Douglas fr, and ponderosa and lodge polepine, while the areas along watercourses grow thick with willows.Ranger's Dwelling (Building No. 1101): Originally built in 1933 as a standard, two-room,rectangular-plan R4-7 guard station dwelling, the ranger's house burned during the winter of 1936.The current dwelling, an identical R4-7, replaced it in 1937, and was subsequently altered in 1941by the addition of a two-room wing on the north elevation, creating a T-plan.Built on a concrete foundation over a basement, the wood-frame dwelling has a concrete slab porchdeck on the west elevation. With its three square pillars surmounted by a plain frieze panel, theporch spans the entire width of the gable end and constitutes the building's dominant visualelement. False-beveled drop siding, each board milled to resemble two narrow clapboards, clad theexterior surfaces. Corner boards define the edges of the exterior walls. Four-over-four, double-hungsash windows with plain surrounds, grouped in bays of two or three, constitute the primaryfenestration. These windows were a result of the 1941-42 remodeling and replaced the paired,six-pane sliding windows of the R4-7 plan. Three-pane hopper windows, set into the foundation,light the basement. Atop the building is an intersecting gabled roof with ridge boards, woodshingles, and exposed rafters. Like nearly all the other roofs at the Atlanta Ranger Station, thisdwelling's roof has a steep pitch of 45 degrees, to shed the high-country winter's heavy loads ofsnow. A brick interior chimney rises from the center of the dwelling. The dwelling is painted white,with a wood shingle roof stained green, and green window trim, in accordance with the 1935Building Construction Manual. From the exterior, it looks as it did in 1942.
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