- City:
- Karnack, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1937
- Designer:
- Joe W. Westbrook and Fred R. Carpenter
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
According to the Caddo Lake State Park History website, the cabins, pavilion, and trails were begun by Company 889 (June-November, 1933) and completed by Company 857 (October 1934-March 1937). Some of the original picnic benches remain, as do remnants of the original trails. The pavilion is no longer in use, though other buildings remain in use.
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- Caddo State Park entrance portal
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- Caddo Lake State Park Lodge rear
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- Caddo Lake State Park cabin
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- Caddo Lake State Park cabin
Source notes
Caddo Lake State Park History, Texas Parks and Wildlife website The Look of Nature: Designing Texas State Parks During the Great DepressionSite originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 22, 2014.
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