Sycamore Ranger Station, also known as Sycamore Work Center and as Sycamore Administrative Site, in

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near

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was built in 1940 by the

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. It was listed on the

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in 1993 for its architecture, which includes vernacular, national(?), and other styles. It was designed by

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. It served historically as institutional housing and as government office space. The NRHP listing included two

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on . The site was established as a ranger station in 1917, and is named for Sycamore Creek which flows westward to the Agua Fria. By the 1920s the site had an office, a dwelling, a barn and perhaps a chicken house. The CCC was asked to construct new facilities in the late 1930s or the 1940s, and it built a new dwelling and barn which survive today and a new office and shop/garage which do not survive. with (see photo captions page 7 of text document)

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{{National Register of Historic Places Government buildings completed in 1940 Residential buildings completed in 1940 United States Forest Service ranger stations Civilian Conservation Corps in Arizona Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Buildings and structures in Yavapai County, Arizona 1940 establishments in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Yavapai County, Arizona