Great Basin Research Station Historic District

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Great Basin Research Station Historic District
Great Basin Research Station House.jpg
The research station house
Great Basin Research Station Historic District is located in Utah
Great Basin Research Station Historic District
Nearest cityEphraim, Utah
Coordinates39°19′12″N 111°29′12″W / 39.319977°N 111.486679°W / 39.319977; -111.486679 (Headquarters)Coordinates: 39°19′12″N 111°29′12″W / 39.319977°N 111.486679°W / 39.319977; -111.486679 (Headquarters)
Area71.9 acres (0.291 km2)
Built1912-16; 1933-36
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
ArchitectU.S.F.S. architects
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Forest Service Standards
NRHP reference No.96000678[1]
Added to NRHPJune 28, 1996
Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML

The Great Basin Research Station Historic District, in 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

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39°19′12″N 111°29′12″W / 39.319977°N 111.486679°W / 39.319977; -111.486679 (Headquarters), 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

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39°18′07″N 111°26′51″W / 39.301909°N 111.447435°W / 39.301909; -111.447435 (Alpine Cabin of Great Basin Research Station) (based on Google Satellite searching and map sketch in nomination document). (This is not the Seely Creek Guard Station, on Forest Road 0050, at
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39°18′44″N 111°25′46″W / 39.312229°N 111.429447°W / 39.312229; -111.429447 (Seely Creek Guard Station), just a bit further.)

It is located off Ephraim Canyon Road, which in the past was denoted Utah State Route 29 before 29's routing was revised. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Ephraim in what is now the Manti-La Sal National Forest. The two areas combined have area of 71.9 acres (0.291 km2) area and include 13 contributing buildings, four contributing structures, one contributing object and three contributing sites.[2]

Includes work designed by Architects of the United States Forest Service including a standard R-4 design building.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Nelson W. Knight (January 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Great Basin Research Station Historic District / Great Basin Environmental Education Center; Great Basin Experimental Range-U.S.F.S.#BS-998". National Park Service. Retrieved November 1, 2019. With

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