• Jordan Peak Fire Lookout - Springville CA
    The Jordan Peak Lookout was built by the CCC and is in the Tule River Range District: "Jordan Peak has the distinction of quite possibly being the oldest lookout site in Sequoia National Forest. Dudley, in 1899, reported seeing a dozen fires burning from the summit of Jordan Peak in 1898... The current lookout was constructed in 1934 and is a modified L-4 style live in cab that measures 13 x 13 inside. The roof is a Hip-2 style and all of the materials were hauled in by pack animals. The 20 foot steel tower originally had...
  • Mountain Home Guard Station - Springville CA
    This cabin sits in the Giant Sequoia National Monument at 6,000 feet of elevation. The CCC built the cabin to provide a residence for Forest Service fire patrolmen. "Mtn. Home Guard Station was constructed between 1933 and 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, (CCC) to provide a residence for Forest Service fire patrolmen stationed in that area. In 1964, the Forest Service no longer needed the use of the cabin. Mountain Home State Forest used the cabin to house California Division of Forestry personnel from 1965 to 1997 under a Special Use Permit issued by the Forest Service. The cabin is...
  • Mule Peak Fire Lookout - Springville CA
    Mule Peak is in the Tule River Ranger District and overlooks the Tule River Indian Reservation to the west: "Established in 1936 as a primary fire detection facility, Mule Peak Lookout was constructed for $2,800 on a rocky peak at elevation 8,142 feet. The C-3 live-in cab was built by the CCCs who packed all the materials in by horseback. To this day, all materials and supplies must be packed in the 1.25 miles from the parking area or delivered by helicopter. There is a small gable roofed shed built near the base of the lookout. The lookout is in good condition...
  • Springville CCC Camp - Springville CA
    The Springville CCC camp on Highway 190 was a base camp, and there were several seasonal "stub" or satellite camps in the area. Remnants of the camp and its works now span three different private properties.
  • Springville Elementary School Stonework and Additions - Springville CA
    The WPA added four classrooms to an older school building, and they remain in use today. Stonework retaining walls, drinking fountains and an entrance were also built, possibly by CCC workers from the nearby Springville CCC camp. Springville Elementary School was originally a K-8 school.
  • Springville Work Center - Springville CA
    The CCC built this work center in Springville. The National Register of Historic Places "defines districts as possessing a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development." As of yet, the Springville Work Center is the only district which has been formally recorded in the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Currently only one district has been formally recorded in the Monument, the Springville Work Center, while other historic work centers (e.g., Pinehurst Work Center) and logging remains (e.g., Millwood mill and townsite, Converse Basin mill, railroad and hoist system) in the Monument...