Project type: Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Parks and Recreation
Started: 1935
Completed: 1936
Designers: Ike Boekenoogen, Nels Bergley
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Description
In 1935 and 1936, workers for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed the Chippewa National Forest Headquarters.
The building, overseen by Ike Boekenoogen, “an expert in log building techniques,” is “made entirely… from Minnesota forest products. The exterior is Scandinavian style notch-and-groove (chinkless) log construction. And many interior details, including the fifty-foot glacial stone fireplace designed by Nels Bergley, the wooden stairway, and the ironwork on the door hinges and fireplace, were made by hand.”
The building is used to this today and is in the National Register of Historic Places.
Source notes
Barbara W. Sommer, Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society, 2008. Pg. 96-97.
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I have some pictures of this wonderful building for which my father’s CCC unit, Co. 1765 (F-23) cut the logs. There are also some pictures at the website below.