- City:
- Roscommon, MI
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shops and Auxiliary Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1935, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Park Store building at South Higgins Lake State Park, which still stands.
It is “one of the many buildings constructed around Northern Michigan by during the depths of the Great Depression… and it has stood the test of time, but not without some periodic restoration.” (Reznich 2012)
The CCC undoubtedly did other improvements in the park, but we do not have details on that.
Source notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins_Lake
Thomas Reznich, "Restoring history", Houghton Lake Resorter, March 22, 2012.
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