Morgan-Monroe State Forest Scout Ridge Shelter House – Martinsville IN

City:
Martinsville, IN

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Shelters

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Description

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.

Source notes

DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory; Outdoor Indiana 1934-1942 (notee Vol.4, Oct 1937, 9); Department of Conservation Annual Reports 1930-1942

Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on September 10, 2015.

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