Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin (Government Camp, Oregon)

Title: Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin (Government Camp, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Creator: United States. Forest Service
Photographer: Tomlinson, Jan M.
Creator Display: United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Description: National Register of Historic Places, http://www.nps.gov/nr
View: exterior: Close-up of'northeast corner of masonry extension and log portion of cabin.
Provenance: University of Oregon Libraries
Temporal: 1930-1939 1940-1949
Style Period: Rustic (European style)
Work Type: architecture (object genre) built works views (visual works) exterior views office buildings recreation buildings sports buildings dwellings houses cabins (houses) log cabins (houses) guardhouses
Location: Government Camp >> Clackamas County >> Oregon >> United States Clackamas County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 4.5 miles east of junction of Forest Service roads 18 and 1825, Mount Hood National Forest
Date: 1935 1942
View Date: 2008
Identifier: OR_ClackamasCounty_UpperSandyGuardCabin_0005.jpg
Rights: In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rights Holder: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
Source: Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/SHPO/
Type: Image
Format: image/jpeg
Material: wood; logs; stone
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: 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 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.