Unity Ranger Station
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Unity Ranger Station
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Unity Ranger Station bunkhouse, 1984
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| Location | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
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| Nearest city | Unity, Oregon, USA |
| Coordinates | 44°26′08″N 118°11′15″W / 44.43544°N 118.1874°WCoordinates: 44°26′08″N 118°11′15″W / 44.43544°N 118.1874°W |
| Built | 1936–1938 |
| Architect | U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Regional Architecture Group |
| Architectural style | Cascadian rustic |
| NRHP Reference # | 86000823 |
| Added to NRHP | 1986 |
The Unity Ranger Station is a United States Forest Service compound consisting of five buildings and a lookout tower in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest of northeastern Oregon. For many years, it was the administrative headquarters for the Unity Ranger District. It is located in the small unincorporated community of Unity, Oregon. The historic structures were built in the rustic style by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1936 and 1938. Today, the ranger station is only used during the summer months to house Forest Service fire crews. The ranger station is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In the early 20th century, the forest road networks were not well developed. To facilitate work in National Forests, the Forest Service built district ranger stations at strategic locations within the forest to house full-time employees and provide logistics support to fire patrols and project crews working in remote areas of the forest. After World War II, the Forest Service greatly expanded its road network, allowing employees to get to most forest areas within a few hours. As a result, many of the more isolated ranger stations were closed or converted to summer guard stations.
The Whitman National Forest was established in 1908. The Unity Ranger District was an administrative subdivision of the Whitman National Forest, with responsibility for 194,000 acres (790 km2) of forest land in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. After the Forest Service reorganization in 1954, the Unity Ranger District became part of the much larger Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
The Civilian Conservation Corps began doing construction work at the ranger station in 1936. Between 1936 and 1938, Civilian Conservation Corps crews built a number of ranger station buildings. The construction crews worked under the supervision of Forest Service rangers. All of the buildings constructed during that period were designed by the Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Regional Architecture Group, and were built in the Cascadian rustic style.
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