The Crown King Ranger Station near the top of Crown King Mountain in area of Crown King, Arizona

Crown King, Arizona

Crown King is an unincorporated community in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States, located at an elevation of 5,771 feet . Crown King has a ZIP Code of 86343; in 2000, the population of the 86343 ZCTA was 133. The site of a former gold mining town, Crown King is 28 miles west of Interstate...

 was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps

Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families, ages 18–25. A part of the New Deal of President Franklin D...

. Known also as Crown King Work Station and as Crown King Administrative Site, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1993 for its architecture. It was designed by the USDA Forest Service

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 that 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...

 in Bungalow/Craftsman style. It served as institutional housing and government office space. The NRHP listing included five contributing buildings on a 1.5 acres (6,070.3 m²) area.