- City:
- Mitchell, IN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
The Spring Mill Inn, completed in 1939, was the only new park hotel built during the New Deal years, and the extent of the WPA’s involvement with this project, if any, remains unclear. Records indicate CCC laborers contributed to building the road, parking lot, and landscaping.
Source notes
DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory National Register: New Deal Resources in Indiana State ParksSite originally submitted by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation/Nicole Cory on July 11, 2014.
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