Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15

	Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin
Location	East of Mile 324 on Alaska Railroad, Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Coordinates	63°26′23″N 148°53′9″W / 63.43972°N 148.88583°W / 63.43972; -148.88583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1932
Built by	National Park Service
Architectural style	Log cabins
MPS	Patrol Cabins, Mount McKinley National Park TR
NRHP reference No.	86003229
Added to NRHP	November 25, 1986

The Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15, also known as Lower Windy Creek Patrol Cabin and Lower Windy Shelter Cabin, is a historic backcountry shelter in the Denali National Park & Preserve, in Alaska. It is built out of peeled logs, sealed with oakum and concrete chinking. It has a medium-pitch gable roof of corrugated metal and shiplap. The site includes seven log shelters for dogs, located about 70 feet (21 m) north of the cabin. The cabin is located about 500 feet east of Mile 324 on the Alaska Railroad.^[2]

It is a standard design by the National Park Service and was built in 1932.^[3] Shortly after its construction, a complex of separate log dog kennels,^[4] a log cache^[5] and an outhouse^[6] were added, also to a standard Park Service design.

The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

References

^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "(Lower) Windy Creek Ranger Cabin, No. 15 (continuation document of the Thematic Resources document)". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
^ "Lower Windy Shelter Cabin". List of Classified Structures. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
^ "Lower Windy Shelter Cabin Dog Houses". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
^ "Lower Windy Shelter Storage Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
^ "Lower Windy Shelter Cabin Outhouse". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] "(Lower) Windy Creek Ranger Cabin, No. 15 (continuation document of the Thematic Resources document)". National Park Service. and accompanying photos

[3] "Lower Windy Shelter Cabin". List of Classified Structures. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

[4] "Lower Windy Shelter Cabin Dog Houses". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

[5] "Lower Windy Shelter Storage Cabin". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

[6] "Lower Windy Shelter Cabin Outhouse". List of Classified Structures. National Park Service. Retrieved May 10, 2017.

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Denali National Park
Historic districts	Mount McKinley National Park Headquarters District Mount McKinley National Park Road Historic District Teklanika Archeological District
NRHP properties	Ewe Creek Ranger Cabin No. 8 Igloo Creek Cabin No. 25 Kantishna Roadhouse Lower East Fork Ranger Cabin No. 9 Lower Toklat River Ranger Cabin No. 18 Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15 Moose Creek Ranger Cabin No. 19 Fannie Quigley House Riley Creek Ranger Cabin No. 20 Sanctuary River Cabin No. 31 Sushana River Ranger Cabin No. 17 Toklat Ranger Station-Pearson Cabin No. 4 Upper East Fork Cabin No. 29 Upper Toklat River Cabin No. 24 Upper Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 7
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Denali National Park and Preserve

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