Hubbell Trading Post Administrative History

Building Roster

Figure 25. Manager's Residence (Ranger's Residence), HB-4, on February 11, 1958, as seen from the barn roof. This structure has seen many uses. Today, it is used as the ranger's residence, so that somebody is usually in or around the trading post complex twenty-four hours a day. Hubbell Hill, the burial site of John Lorenzo Hubbell and others, rises in the background over HB-4. NPS photo by C. Steen and K. Wing, HUTR Neg. 36.

Manager's Residence

HB-4: Dorothy Hubbell recalled that when she first arrived in Ganado this building was the laundry. She used it as a schoolroom. It has also served as artist's studio and quarters for visitors. Since the NPS took it over, it has been used as the superintendent's quarters and, at the present time, the chief ranger's quarters.

The exact age of the building is in question, but it is apparent (from old photos) that it was expanded some time after 1931, possibly as late as the 1940s. The original section dates from at least as far back as the 1890s, and the older walls are of stone and adobe on a shallow foundation. The latest addition is of modern stud wall construction. Floors are wood, the roofs are covered with mineral-surfaced rolled roofing. Exterior walls have been stuccoed. The interior has been remodeled to make it a comfortable home, but the original floor plan has not been changed. [14]