Architects of the United States Forest Service

Architects of the United States Forest Service are credited with the design of many buildings and other structures in National Forests. Some of these are listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to the significance of their architecture. A number of these architectural works are attributed to architectural groups within the Forest Service rather than to any individual architect. Architecture groups or sections were formed within engineering divisions of many of the regional offices of the Forest Service and developed regional styles.[1]

National consulting architect W. Ellis Groben led development of architectural style for the Forest Service, including by his important 1940 document, "Architectural Trend of Future Forest Service Buildings"[2] and by his 1938 compilation "Acceptable Building Plans: Forest Service Administrative Buildings".[3] He advocated what is now known as non-intrusive architectural design, and advocated regional styles rather than universal style.[3]

Architects of several regions and their works are discussed in the following sections, with the regions having the most information available about them first.

  1. ^ John R. Grosvenor. "A History of the Architecture of the USDA Forest Service". Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ^ W. Ellis Groben (January 4, 1940). "Architectural Trend of Future Forest Service Buildings" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "The Forest Service and The Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42, Appendix E: Evaluation of CCC-Era Structures". National Park Service.