- City:
- Cooksburg, PA
- Site Type:
- Campgrounds and Cabins, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Log Cabin Inn was originally built and used by the Civilian Conservation Corps as living quarters. Later it was used as a restaurant. Today the park uses the building as a museum and education center. The Log Cabin Inn near to several popular trails, the Memorial Fountain and the Forest Cathedral Natural Area.
Source notes
"Our Mark on This Land, A Guide to the Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in America's Parks" by Ren and Helen Davis, pages 151 and 152.
DCNR: dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/CookForestStatePark/Pages/History.aspx (retrieved Aug 2019)
Site originally submitted by Nancy Redman-Furey on August 3, 2019.
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