The Cascade Locks Work Center, in

Mount Hood National Forest The Mount Hood National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon, located east of the city of Portland and the northern Willamette River valley. The Forest extends south from the Columbia River Gorge across more than of ...

near the town of

Cascade Locks Cascade Locks is a city in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the l ...

, Oregon, was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 for its architecture. The

Rustic Rustic may refer to: *Rural area *Pastoral Architecture * Rustication (architecture), a masonry technique mainly employed in Renaissance architecture * Rustic architecture, an informal architectural style in the United States and Canada with sever ...

style structures were designed by the

architects of the United States Forest Service Architects of the United States Forest Service are credited with the design of many buildings and other structures in National Forests. Some of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to the significance of their architect ...

. The listing includes three

contributing buildings In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...

on a parcel. Historically the Work Center has been used as a single dwelling and a warehouse.

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United States Forest Service Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon Government buildings completed in 1936 Buildings and structures in Hood River County, Oregon Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Hood River County, Oregon 1936 establishments in Oregon {{Oregon-NRHP-stub

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