Snyder Guard Station Historical District

The Snyder Guard Station by the Moyie River in Kaniksu National Forest, in the vicinity of Eastport, Idaho, dates from 1908. A historic district encompassing the station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Snyder Guard Station Historical District in 1983. The listed area included nine contributing buildings.[1][2]

Snyder Guard Station Historical District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	South of Eastport, Idaho on Forest Service Road 211, in Kaniksu National Forest
Coordinates	48°53′5″N 116°10′7″W
Area	7.4 acres (3.0 ha)
Built	1908, ca. 1918, 1935, other dates
NRHP reference No.	83000283[1]
Added to NRHP	August 19, 1983

The ranger's house was constructed in 1908. It is a one-story six room 42.5 by 24.5 feet (13.0 m × 7.5 m) frame house built on a concrete foundation. It has a gable roof covered by wooden shingles and it has two brick chimneys. Two other dwellings, a meat house, a cook house, a wash house/workshop, a warehouse/office, and other structures were built later.[2]

The NRHP nomination states the listed area was 28 acres (11 ha);[2] NRIS gives 7.4 acres (3.0 ha) as its size.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Cort Sims (April 20, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Snyder Guard Station Historical District / Snyder Guard Station". National Park Service. Retrieved August 27, 2017. With eight photos.