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Grand County, United States

Timber Creek Campground Comfort Station No. 247

Grand County, United States

Timber Creek Campground Comfort Station No. 247
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Built in 1939 in Grand County, Timber Creek Campground Comfort Station No. 247 exemplifies the National Park Service rustic architectural style that characterized public facilities across America's parks during the Depression era. The structure reflects the NPS design philosophy of the period, which emphasized harmonizing utilitarian buildings with their natural surroundings through the use of native materials and restrained ornamentation. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the comfort station survives as a modest but historically significant example of early twentieth-century park infrastructure and the government programs that shaped the nation's recreational landscapes.

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comfort station
Heritage
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place
Grand County, United States

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