McCormick’s Creek State Park Camp Na Wa Kwa Dining Hall – Spencer IN
The Camp Na Wa Kwa Dining Hall served as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) officer quarters. It was completed by CCC laborers in 1935.
McCormick’s Creek State Park Friendly Shelter – Spencer IN
The Friendly Shelter is located at McCormick’s Creek. It was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers in 1935. The style of the shelter is classified as Parks Rustic.
McCormick’s Creek State Park Hillcrest Shelter – Spencer IN
The Hillcrest Shelter is located at McCormick’s Creek. It was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers in 1935. The style of the shelter is classified as Parks Rustic.
McCormick’s Creek State Park Old Concession Stand – Spencer IN
The Old Concession Stand was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers in 1935. The style of the Old Concession Stand is classified as Parks Rustic.
McCormick’s Creek State Park Picnic Shelter – Spencer IN
McCormick’s Creek Picnic Shelter is one of many shelters at McCormick’s Creek. The shelter was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers in 1935.
McCormick’s Creek State Park Redbud Shelter – Spencer IN
The Redbud Shelter is located at McCormick’s Creek. It was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers in 1940. The style of the shelter is classified as Parks Rustic.
McCormick’s Creek State Park Trailside Shelter – Spencer IN
The Trailside Shelter is located at McCormick’s Creek. It was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers in 1935. The style of the shelter is classified as Parks Rustic.
McCormick’s Creek State Park: Friendly Shelter – Spencer IN
The Friendly Shelter is located at McCormick’s Creek. It was completed by CCC laborers in 1935. Friendly Shelter Fountain is located near the Friendly Shelter and was also completed by CCC laborers in 1935. The styles of both the shelter… read more
McCormick’s Creek State Park: Shelters – Spencer IN
The CCC and the WPA completed many Parks Rustic style shelters at McCormick’s Creek State Park from 1935-1940. The coordinates shown are for the Beech Grove Shelter. Coordinates are listed for each of the other sites below: The Beech Grove… read more
McFadden Cottage Improvements, City Park – New Orleans LA
The McFadden Cabin was built by a City Park benefactor in the 1920’s as a recreational facility for New Orleans Girl Scouts (still in use today). The WPA made improvements as part of its many works projects in the park,… read more
Meadow Park Shelter House – Lyons CO
“Built by Works Progress Administration volunteers in 1933, the Meadow Park Shelter House offered park-goers shady respite before the floods left it in ruins. The emergency grant allows this beloved shelter to remain and be enjoyed.” (http://www.historycolorado.org) The facility was… read more
Mendenhall Glacier Shelter – Juneau AK
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built many shelters and cabins in Alaska during the 1930s, including this one. The Mendenhall Glacier shelter is located at the intersection of the Trail of Time and the East Glacier Trail. The Forest Service visitor brochure for… read more
Meramec State Park – Sullivan MO
Extensive work by the CCC is seen in this park close to the city of St. Louis. It includes shelters, a stone pump house, stone observation tower, entrance stone work, and assorted bridges, steps, and walls. Adjacent to the park… read more
Mesker Park Shelter House – Evansville IN
Center was expressed breezeway with wide openings on E and W side. Hewn wall plate forms lintel, surround and sill of 10″ timber pegged together, breezeway openings have wood brackets. W of bldg, brick cove lime with firebrick inside, faux… read more
Minneopa State Park – Mankato MN
Established by the Minnesota legislature in 1905 to allow public access to Minneopa Falls, the Minneopa State Park was enlarged and improved during the New Deal period by Works Progress Administration funding. WPA workers improved the falls with new stairs,… read more
Mohawk Trail State Forest – Charlemont MA
From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: “The administration building and four log cabins built by the CCC at Mohawk Trail were featured in Albert Good’s 1938 book, Park and Recreation Structures, as outstanding examples of CCC… read more
Montauk State Park – Salem MO
“Montauk State Park is located on 633 acres of land in the southern portion of Dent County, twenty-one miles southwest of Salem, Missouri. The outstanding natural feature of the park is a spring that forms an excellent trout stream near… read more
Moran State Park – Olga WA
Moran State Park opened in 1921 when Robert Moran, shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700-acres to the state for a park. Most of the trails, roads, bridges, and buildings in the park were built by the… read more
Morgan-Monroe State Forest Bean Bloossom Shelter House & Picnic Area – Martinsville IN
Stone foundation, board and batten walls, wood shingles, gabled roof, and stone chimney. Virtually identical to Bryant Creek shelter house. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934.
Morgan-Monroe State Forest Bryant Creek Shelter House – Martinsville IN
Stone Foundation, gabled roof. Typical of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) national construction on state lands. From 1934.
Morgan-Monroe State Forest Cherry Lake Shelter House – Martinsville IN
Limestone and concrete foundation, board and batten walls, gabled rood, wood shingles, and two stone fireplace chimneys. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935.
Morgan-Monroe State Forest Oven Shelter – Martinsville IN
Stone foundation, hipped roof, asphalt shingles, stone fireplace chimney, 2-sided fireplace oven, and stone floor. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935.
Morgan-Monroe State Forest Scout Ridge Shelter House – Martinsville IN
Concrete foundation, hipped roof, and asphalt shingles. Virtually identical to another shelter on the main forest road. Construction appears later than – on at least a typical of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)-built shelter houses.
Mount Greylock State Reservation – Lanesborough MA
The CCC conducted extensive work on Mount Greylock State Reservation between 1933 and 1942. From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: “The Mount Greylock Summit, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, contains an exceptional collection… read more
Mount Mitchell State Park – Burnsville NC
“The newly established Department of Conservation and Development…immediately requested a CCC work camp for Mount Mitchell… …the upper reaches of the East’s highest mountain underwent a remarkable transformation. Fire prevention crews fanned out along the trails and parking areas, clearing… read more
Mount Tom State Reservation – Holyoke MA
According to the Wikipedia page for Mount Tom, “In 1933 the Civilian Conservation Corps assisted with the construction of reservation structures and park roads; their work also remains visible today.”
Mountain Lake Park – San Francisco CA
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to develop San Francisco’s Mountain Lake Park during the Great Depression. Examples: Repairs like Lombard, consisting of landscaping, building 2 new tennis courts and walks and horseshoe courts; also provided a shelter for… read more
Mt. Echo Picnic Shelter – Cincinnati OH
Providing the western edge of ridge of downtown basin sits Mt. Echo Park, with a sweeping view of the Ohio River. Starting with purchase of the land in 1908, over the following decades the park say numerous improvements. The pavilion… read more
Myakka River State Park – Sarasota FL
The CCC did extensive work creating Myakka River State Park between 1934 and 1941. According to the Florida Public Architecture blog, it was the only camp in Florida established by an African-American division of the CCC, reminding the visitor that… read more
Namekagon Lake Picnic Shelter and Campground – Chequamegon National Forest WI
A partnership between the Forest Service and Works Progress Administration resulted in a rudimentary picnic shelter and campground at Namekagon Lake in northern Wisconsin’s Chequamegon National Forest. Originally, the shelter had changing rooms at each end which were later removed…. read more
Natural Bridge State Resort Park – Slade KY
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed Kentucky’s Natural Bridge State Park during the 1930s. The CCC built trails, shelters and stairways.
New Discovery State Park – Marshfield VT
The CCC did extensive work at multiple sites within New Discovery State Park, one of several parks located within the Groton State Forest. “In 1933, CCC Company 146 from Rhode Island was stationed along the road to Osmore Pond. Approximately… read more
Nickerson State Park – Brewster MA
From the Friends of Nickerson State Park website: “the Civilian Conservation Corps, (CCC) constructed the first roads, camping sites, parking and picnic areas near Flax Pond. CCC workers also planted 88,000 white pine hemlock and spruce trees.” Hathitrust.org: “Extensive developments… read more
North Chagrin Reservation – Mayfield OH
Multiple New Deal agencies worked to develop the North Chagrin Reservation outside Cleveland, Ohio. “Over the course of the 1930s the reservation was modernized with graded roads, permanent trails, sewage and water infrastructure, and shelter houses, much of this construction… read more
O’Bannon Woods State Park Shelter House – Corydon IN
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers completed the shelter house in 1935. The structure is classified as parks rustic.
O’Bannon Woods State Park Shelter House – Corydon IN
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers completed the shelter house that overlooks the Ohio River. The shelter is classified as parks rustic.
Olathe Memorial Cemetery Shelter House / Chapel – Olathe KS
The Shelter House/Chapel was constructed with native limestone in 1937 as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) project and renovated in 1984. The one-story, asymmetrical Mission-style chapel now houses the cemetery office. Oriented west, the building features an L-shaped… read more
Orchard Beach State Park – Manistee MI
“Orchard Beach State Park is located on the shore of Lake Michigan, two miles north of the center of Manistee. The park’s 211 acres are split by M-110 and it is the portion west of the highway, comprising 57 acres,… read more
Ostrander Ski Hut – Yosemite National Park CA
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Ostrander Ski Hut in 1941. The ski hut is a two-story stone structure, in the classic National Park rustic style. It was built for cross-country skiers, meant to be part of a larger… read more
Otis Park Privy – Bedford IN
Made of small, flat stone, and featuring a flat wood door, it was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937.