The Columbine Work Station in

Coronado National Forest The Coronado National Forest is a United States National Forest that includes an area of about 1.78 million acres (7,200 km2) spread throughout mountain ranges in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. It is located in parts of ...

near

Safford, Arizona Safford (Western Apache: Ichʼįʼ Nahiłtį́į́) is a city in Graham County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 Census, the population of the city is 10,129. The city is the county seat of Graham County. Safford is the principal ...

was built in 1935 by the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part o ...

(CCC). The complex is a representative example of a Depression-era Forest Service administrative center. The station is on a high point of the

Pinaleño Mountains The Pinaleño Mountains (in Yavapai: Walkame—"pine mountains" or in Western Apache: Dził Nnilchí' Diyiléé—"pine-burdened mountain"), are a remote mountain range in southeastern Arizona, near Safford (Ich'į' Nahiłtį́į́), Arizona. ...

in forested land. The main residence is in the Forest Service bungalow style. The barn is unique, not designed to a standard Forest Service prototype. The station was built by a CCC unit operating from a camp about five miles away in 1934–35. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1993 for its architecture, which is

Bungalow/Craftsman style In the United States, the National Register of Historic Places classifies its listings by various types of architecture. Listed properties often are given one or more of 40 standard architectural style classifications that appear in the National ...

. It served historically as institutional housing. Two

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 distri ...

on were included in the NRHP listing. The station continues to be used for summer maintenance activities in

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* * * {{National Register of Historic Places United States Forest Service ranger stations Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Government buildings completed in 1935 Buildings and structures in Graham County, Arizona Historic American Buildings Survey in Arizona 1935 establishments in Arizona Coronado National Forest National Register of Historic Places in Graham County, Arizona