Tunxis Forest Headquarters House

 administrative building, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, forest ranger's office, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic state forest administrative building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: 1936
- Architectural style: Rustic
- Areas of significance: Architecture; Social History
- Outbuildings: detached garage (c. 1940)
- Date added to NRHP: 9/4/1986
- Other designations: part of the "Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures" Multiple Property Submission

Originally built as an administrative headquarters for a CCC camp that operated on this site, this building was later used as a forest ranger's residence and today makes up part of the Tunxis State Forest administrative complex. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. It provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.

NRHP #86001759