Jack Creek Guard Station
Jack Creek Guard Station is located in Wyoming
Jack Creek Guard Station
Location in Wyoming
Jack Creek Guard Station is located in the United States
Jack Creek Guard Station
Location in United States
Nearest citySaratoga, Wyoming
Coordinates41°16′23″N 107°6′32″W / 41.27306°N 107.10889°W / 41.27306; -107.10889
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1933 (1933)
Built byEvan J. Williams
Architectural styleRocky Mountain cabin style
NRHP reference No.86001101[1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 1986

The Jack Creek Guard Station is a ranger patrol cabin in Medicine Bow National Forest in Carbon County, Wyoming. The one-room log cabin was built by U.S. Forest Service district ranger Evan John Williams in 1933-34. It was built to Forest Service Plan A-4, featuring half-dovetailed corners and a deep front porch with a gabled wood shake roof. A stove is vented through a brick chimney at the back of the cabin.[2]

In his career with the Forest Service Williams built or renovated five other ranger stations one hundred miles of trail, two fire lookouts and miles of fencing and telephone line. Williams died in 1970. His ashes are interred a short distance behind the cabin.[2]

The Jack Creek Guard Station was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Rose, Judy A. (January 24, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Jack Creek Guard Station". National Park Service. with accompanying five photos
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