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| Object Name | Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin (Government Camp, Oregon)
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| View | exterior: Close-up of foundation on west facade of cabin. |
| Creator/Role | United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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| Creator | United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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| Date | 1935
1942
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| Decade | 1930-1939
1940-1949
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| City | Government Camp
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| County | Clackamas
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| State/Province | Oregon
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| Country | United States
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| Site Detail | 4.5 miles east of junction of Forest Service roads 18 and 1825, Mount Hood National Forest |
| Photograph Date | 2008
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| Photographer | Jan M. Tomlinson
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| Cataloger | Edward H. Teague |
| Object Type | architecture
built works
views (visual works)
exterior views
office buildings
recreation buildings
sports buildings
dwellings
houses
cabins (houses)
log cabins (houses)
guardhouses
architectural elements
foundations (structural elements)
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| Period/Style | Rustic Style log cabin |
| Materials/Technique | wood; logs; stone |
| Signficance | National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nps.gov/nr |
| Notes | The Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin, built in 1935, is believed to be the only Forest Service log building constructed according to a unique design with a unique random rubble masonry extension on the east facade. The cabin is built on the Upper Sandy Guard Station administrative site, and is located near the Pacific Crest National Scenic (PCNS) Trail about 500 feet southeast of the junction of the PCNS Trail and Ramona Falls Trail (#797). lt is within the Mt. Hood National Forest, and is about fíve miles north of Government Camp in Clackamas County, Oregon. The only contributing resource extant at the site, the cabin itself is commonly referred to as the "Upper Sandy Guard Station."t Located in what was formerly designated the Bull Run Forest Reserve, the cabin was originally built to house an administrative guard assigned to prevent trespassers from wandering further into the Bull Run Division Watershed, the City of Portland's pristine water supply. The guard station is not longer used as an administrative site as it is now located within the Mt. Hood Wilderness and is managed by the Zigzag Ranger District of the Mt. Hood National Forest. Government Camp is the closest town by direct air travel, but the shortest trail access to the Guard Station Cabin is from Zigzag, Oregon, off of Highway 26.'Unfortunately, the cabin has suffered from lack of maintenance, exposure to extreme mountain weather, and vandalism. Holes in the roof have caused some structural damage to the roof and moisture damage to the interior, but the cabin's historic integrity remains remarkably intact. Source: National Register Nomination, Statement of Significance, page 9. |
| Metadata Notes | Description of this work is based initially on documentation supplied by the image provider. It is often the case with gift slides that very little information is provided. Review and updating of descriptive information by the collection cataloger is ongoing. |
| Digital Collection | Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
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| Source Collection | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Image Source | Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/ |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| Copyright | This image was included in the documentation to support a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Park Service. The image is provided here by the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office and the University of Oregon Libraries to facilitate scholarship, research, and teaching. For other uses, such as publication, contact the State Historic Preservation Office. Please credit the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office when using this image. |
| File Name | OR_ClackamasCounty_UpperSandyGuardCabin_0010.jpg |
