- City:
- Brownstown, IN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Fire Lookouts
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1935
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps built the Oven Shelter in the Jackson-Washington State Forest in Indiana in 1934. “This oven shelter in Jackson-Washington State Forest, featuring two fireplaces ovens and grills, was a typical New Deal-era structure in picnic groves. The entire picnic grove is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.”
Hipped roof, wood shingles. Oak grove planting is part of site- uniform age. 2 hiking trails start from the site. Unusually intact picnic grove with all usual elements.
Source notes
DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory; Department of Conservation Annual Reports 1930-1938. This state forest New Deal structure was recorded as part of a 1995-96, multiple-property documentation prepared by Glory-June Greiff for the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.
Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on September 14, 2015.
Additional contributions by Glory-June Greiff.
At this Location:
- Jackson-Washington State Forest ECW CCC Camp S55 - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Pond (Cypress Pond) - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Barn & Sawmill - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Service Building (Forest Office) - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Sawmill Hollow Lake & Dam - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Museum Building - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Shelter House #1 - Brownstown IN
- Jackson-Washington State Forest Oven Shelter #2 - Brownstown IN
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