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Parsons Nursery, Cheat District Ranger Office, South side of U.S. Route 219, Parsons, Tucker County, WV
Summary
Significance: The Cheat District Ranger office was built in 1938. According to John King, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Parsons very likely built it. This was the first District Ranger office built for the Monongahela National Forest. It was the administrative headquarters for the Cheat District until 1966. Then it became the headquarters for the Parsons Nursery of the Department of Natural Resources, State of West Virginia, until 1985.
Survey number: HABS WV-237-G
Building/structure dates: 1957 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1974
Building/structure dates: 1981 Subsequent Work
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Date
1933 - 1960
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Location
Parsons, 39.09649, -79.68090
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
