Cima_Park_Fire_Guard_Station

Cima Park Fire Guard Station

Cima Park Fire Guard Station

Historic place in Cochise County, Arizona

The Cima Park Fire Guard Station near Douglas, Arizona was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993[1] for its architecture, which is "vernacular, log" architecture. It was designed by the USDA Forest Service and served as institutional housing. The listing included four contributing buildings (a cabin, a toolshed, an outhouse, and a barn) on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) area.[2]

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It is located on Greenhouse Trail in the Chiricahua Mountains. The station was built to serve as a headquarters camp for fire crews who could be dispatched to fight fires based upon telephone reports from fire lookouts. The telephone operator also was the cook.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    C. Cameron and P. Spoerl (September 18, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cima Park Fire Guard Station". National Park Service. Retrieved March 13, 2017. with four photos from 1988
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