The 1937 Buena Vista Ranger Station stands on the north side of East Main Street in the center of the historic business district of Buena Vista, Chaffee County, Colorado. The one-story, rectangular, bark-textured orange brick Buena Vista Ranger Station is significant under for the role it played in the administration of the Cochetopa and San Isabel National Forests. The building is also significant for its architecture, as an example of a 1930s US Forest Service combination ranger station, containing an office, storage, and garage area. The building represents a relatively rare Colorado example of a Modern Movement ranger station, as reflected in its flat roof, rectangular footprint, horizontality, band of façade windows, and Art Deco influenced brick articulation. The Buena Vista building is the only example of a ranger station constructed in a downtown setting in Colorado, with most facilities situated in national forests.