Starve-Hollow State Recreation Area Starve Hollow Lake & Dam – Vallonia IN

City:
Vallonia, IN

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Description

175-acre lake impounded by earth dam. Large concrete spillway Southeast end. Set in heavily wooded hollow. Fish hatchery below dam. Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1938 and 1939.Starve-Hollow State Recreation Area Starve Hollow Lake and DamStarve-Hollow State Recreation Area Starve Hollow Lake and Dam

Source notes

DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory; Outdoor Indiana 1937-1942; Department of Conservation Annual Reports 1937-1942

Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on September 15, 2015.

Location Info


Driftwood State Fish Hatchery
Vallonia, IN 47281
Jackson County

Coordinates: 38.808997, -86.082939

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