- City:
- Winamac, IN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
The building is a remnant of Camp Tepicon, a group camp constructed by WPA laborers. The dining hall is still in use and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Source notes
DNR Historic Site and Structures InventorySite originally submitted by Indiana Division of Historic Preservation/Nicole Cory on August 14, 2014.
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lynette bremer
Jonathan schiller
ROBERT W HUNT
Sara (Struble) Bartleson
JOHN TUTTLE
Eileen Kuenneth
AS a girl scout in the 1950’s I attended Camp Tepicon. It was a fun and exciting adventure
and i have great memories of my time there.
I ate many meals in this dining hall and enjoyed the Girl Scout experience.
At the time I did not know it was a new deal project. fun to learn about its history.
My father went hiking with my family here and remembered camping at camp tepicon as a boy scout in what I’m guessing was the late 50s early 60s as he was born in 1950. Can’t find much about it online but it sure is interesting hearing about the good old days. Makes me wish I could have grown up in those times and been a scout during that period. That would have been something!
i have recently taken ownership of a 1937 oldtown 15 foot 50# model canoe . It wa shipped to “girl scout camp Winamac,IND’ I got this from a man when at a regional canoe assembly in Marquette ,Mi in august of 2019. I am in the process of restoring it . from its condition it was well used .Any information in regards to the camp and its canoe fleet would be appreciated.
I attended Girl Scout camp two summers at Camp Tepicon. It was great fun, and a big adventure. It was about 1955 and 1956.
My friend Stuart and I were employed at the Girl Scout Camp Tepicon as “Handy Boys” during the summer of 1959. We ate a lot of delicious Girl Scout Cookies while we were there. I gained weight eating cookies and drinking milk. It was a unique and fun way to spend the summer. We received a compensation salary of 125 dollars.
I went to Camp Tepicon, a Girl Scout camp, for four years circa 1960-1963. One of the best experiences of my life. My family did not have much money at that t8me, but the cost was only $33.00 per 11 day session. My recollection is that I went 3 sessions each summer. (There were 4 sessions per summer, but the first session was early June and it was cold.) We ate most of our meals in the dining hall and there were also skits and singing there when it was raining. We swam every day, sometimes twice. I learned to build a fire and how to cook over one, how to fold a flag and how to pitch a tent. I learned to row and when I was older, how to paddle a canoe.
It has been 60 years and I can still picture it like it was yesterday. Such great memories❤️