Willow Beach Ranger Station, Willow Beach Access Road, Kingman, Mohave County, AZ

Significance: The 1963 Willow Beach Ranger Station is an intact Mission 66-era facility that exhibits the character defining features of a secondary visitor center as defined in Sara Allaback's Mission 66 Visitor Center Study, and of the ranger station property type as defined in the 2004 Draft Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) form for NPS, PWR Mission 66 Resources. The building and designed landscape embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction consistent with modern architectural and landscape design and form, as detailed in the Draft MPD Historic Context "Mission 66 and Modernism architecture and landscape design in the Pacific West Region: 1945-1972." This property is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places at the state level of significance under Criteria A and C in the areas of Architecture, Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Landscape Architecture, and Politics/Government. As an exceptional example of the type with a high degree of integrity, the Willow Beach Ranger Station meets Criteria G for properties that have achieved significance within the past 50 years.

Survey number: HABS AZ-220

Building/structure dates: 1963 Initial Construction

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1933 - 1970

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