- City:
- Ansted, WV
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Museums, Picnic and Other Facilities, Comfort Stations (Restrooms)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“The state bought the park lands in 1935, and the Civilian Conservation Corps made improvements including a picnic shelter, snack and souvenir shop, museum, and restrooms. The museum, which holds pioneer artifacts, features a glassed observation room offering a view of the gorge…The stone restroom, built by the CCC and shaped like a round tower, is unique.” (https://www.wvencyclopedia.org)
The park’s main overlook complex was also built by the CCC.
Source notes
https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/332
Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on March 17, 2015.
Additional contributions by Ernest Everrett Blevins.
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