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Rolla Ranger Station Historic District, Missouri

Historic district
In Rolla, Missouri
On Route 66
National Register of Historic Places

Near Rolla, MO, right by the old road, stands a small group of forest service buildings known as the Rolla Ranger Station. Built in 1937 and 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the five frame and limestone buildings served the Mark Twain National Forest. For Route 66 travellers, they are a fine example of Depression-era public work standing right beside the highway through town.

What is Rolla Ranger Station Historic District?

The station has five buildings, each with its own job: a ranger's office, a house for the ranger, a garage, a warehouse and an oil house. They mix wood framing with local limestone. The office and the dwelling are the most notable, each one and a half stories tall with a Colonial Revival flavor.

History of Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Crews of the Civilian Conservation Corps put up the buildings during 1937 and 1938, with a Works Progress Administration project overseeing the work. The district joined the National Register in 2003.

Visiting Rolla Ranger Station Historic District: tips

View the buildings from outside and respect private property. A few minutes is enough for a look and a photo; the limestone walls and the ranger's house are the details to notice. Fuel, food and a motel are all within about 0.1 miles, and the National Bank of Rolla Building is about 1.1 miles away.

Practical info

Address: Bridge School Road and Kingshighway
On site & nearby

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National Bank of Rolla Building

Rolla, Missouri · 0.3 mi from Route 66

A 1931 Colonial Revival bank building in Rolla, listed for its role in the town and on Route 66.

Historic hotelPhoto credit

1.1 mi from Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Macedonia

Macedonia, Missouri · 3.3 mi from Route 66

A vanished town north of Rolla, remembered by a church and cemetery a mile up the road.

Ghost town

5.6 mi from Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Signal

Signal, Missouri · 5.0 mi from Route 66

A tiny Phelps County town that had a post office for just two years, and a name no one can explain.

Ghost town

6.2 mi from Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Westcott

Westcott, Missouri · 1.9 mi from Route 66

The site of a vanished Phelps County town on a quiet state highway north of Doolittle.

Ghost town

6.2 mi from Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Lyric Live Theater

Newburg, Missouri · 1.9 mi from Route 66

A 1919 brick small-town theater in Newburg that showed movies until 1955 and now hosts live shows.

Historic theater

6.4 mi from Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

Gourd Creek Cave

Rolla, Missouri · 7.4 mi from Route 66

A big Ozark cave near Rolla where ancient campfires left deep ash, and locals once dug for lost gold.

Archaeology

8.9 mi from Rolla Ranger Station Historic District

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