Headquarters Administration Building (Big Basin Redwoods State Park)
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Big Basin Redwoods State Park Big Basin Redwoods State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of California, located in Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County, about northwest of Santa Cruz, California, Santa Cruz. The park contains almost all of the Waddell Cree ...
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Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz County (), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Sa ...
, was a historic structure built in 1936 by crews of the
Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government unemployment, 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 ...
. It was built out of local materials (redwood logs and stone), and was one of the best-preserved examples of the CCC's work in the California state park system. The building continued to perform its original function, housing the park's administrative offices and serving as a contact point for park visitors, until it was destroyed by the wildfires sparked by the lightning storm of August 16, 2020. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 2017, and was delisted in 2023.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Cruz County, California __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Santa Cruz County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz C ...


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History of Santa Cruz County, California Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in California Houses completed in 1936 Houses in Santa Cruz County, California Queen Anne architecture in California National Register of Historic Places in Santa Cruz County, California 1936 establishments in California National Park Service rustic in California Former National Register of Historic Places in California {{SantaCruzCountyCA-NRHP-stub