- City:
- Angola, IN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shops and Auxiliary Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The saddle barn at Pokagon State Park was constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees in 1938. It still serves its original function. The structure is classified as Parks Rustic.
New Deal agencies built several attractive saddle barns and extensive horse trails in most of the state parks, bringing this activity into the reach of the average visitor.
The saddle barn is not marked as CCC, but there is now a CCC Pocket Museum in the old gatehouse and the Nature Center has an exhibit that lists all the structures CCC enrollees worked on.
Source notes
DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory
Glory-June Greiff, People, Parks, and Perceptions: A History and Appreciation of Indiana State Parks. Indianapolis, 2009.
______, New Deal Work Projects in Indiana State Parks, Discrete survey for Indiana DNR, 1990-91.
National Historic Register Nomination Form for Pokagon State Park, https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/219ee/N/Pokagon_State_Park_Steuben_CO_Nom.pdf
Site originally submitted by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation/Nicole Cory on July 11, 2014.
Additional contributions by Glory-June Greiff.
At this Location:
- Pokagon State Park: Beach and Bathhouse - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Group Camp - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Spring Shelter - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Toboggan Slide - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: CCC Pocket Museum - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park Development - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Fish Rearing Ponds (former) - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Potawatomi Inn Bathhouse - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Overnight Cabins - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: CCC Camp SP 7 (demolished) - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Office Building - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: Drinking Fountains - Angola IN
- Pokagon State Park: CCC Shelter House - Angola IN
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