McCormick’s Creek State Park CCC Recreation Hall & Nature Museum – Spencer IN

City:
Spencer, IN

Site Type:
Education and Health, Museums

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1936

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Recreation Center was used as a library and mess hall. It was abandoned after the CCC camp relocated. Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers remodeled the building and created a nature museum. The nature museum opened up to the public in 1936.

Source notes

People, Parks, and Perceptions: A History and Appreciation of Indiana State Parks by Glory-June Greiff, DNR survey report of McCormick's Creek State Park

Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on September 22, 2015.

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