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The La Prele Work Center is located in the La Prele Creek drainage on the southwestern slopes of the Laramie Range in southern Wyoming. It was originally built as a remote ranger station and converted into a work center when the La Prele Ranger District was discontinued in 1956. The USDA Forest Service facility has three contributory historic buildings built from 1937 to 1941.

Present at the site are an Office/Dwelling, Dwelling, and Shop/Garage. The buildings illustrate the use of standard architectural plans typical of the construction of ranger stations during the Depression. Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, it reflects the contribution of this Federal Works program to the expan