Indiana Sites

This concrete bridge was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935, under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.

This concrete bridge was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935, under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built these stone walls with decorative cast in 1935 under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.  The gate led to the CCC Camp.

The custodian's cottage was completed in 1936 by New Deal agencies (most likely either the Civilian Conservation Corps or the Works Progress Administration ). The style of the cottage is classified as parks rustic. Today the building is the assistant park manger's residence.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) or Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed an entrance marker to Ouabache State Park. The marker consists of two stone posts that are about 10' high.

This metal tower was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1935 and 1936 under the supervision of Denzel Doggett.

These shelters were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), designed  in park rustic style by Denzel Doggett. One was constructed in 1933, the other between 1935 and 1936.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) completed this structure in 1935, under the supervision of Denzel Doggett. In consists of stone support piers, a post, and beam walls. The CCC designed and constructed the shelter with park rustic style.

The Wells County State Forest Lodge sits on a lightly wooded hillside. The Lodge was completed between 1935 and 1936. The Wells County State Forest Lodge was probably constructed by both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

The service building was completed by new deal agencies (most likely either the Civilian Conservation Corps or the Works Progress Administration ) in 1936. The style of the building is classified as parks rustic. According to original blueprints, the building originally housed stables, offices, facilities for engine repair, and a hospital.

In 1939, the Public Works Administration funded the construction of the Owen County Gymnastics center located in a former National Guard Armory in Spencer IN. 

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) constructed an addition to Purdue University's Peirce Hall, then the Physics Building.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Co. 541 completed the 1 1/2 story barn in 1936. The Civilian Conservation Corps built a barn in the Pike State Forest in Indiana. “This attractive barn with Craftsman features is near the Pike State Forest headquarters building and constructed about the same time, in 1936. An identical one was built at Ferdinand State Forest, in the next county east.”

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) laborers completed the custodian's cottage in 1936. The building is currently used as the property manager's residence.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed fire towers on steel frameworks to help protect the new plantings and existing forests. The steel fire tower at Pike State Forest was completed in in 1935. The tower stands about 110' tall and has 9 flights of wooden steps.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Co. 541 completed the service building in 1936. The service building is one and a half stories tall with four garage bays.

Administration (WPA) completed the shelter house in 1940. The structure is classified as parks rustic.

Elementary school gymnasium (February 2023), formerly a high school gymnasium. The gym will be demolished in March 2023 because deterioration of the concrete walls is not repairable.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed Pokagon State Park into a fully-fledged recreational park in the 1930s, planting thousands of trees, building trails, establishing a group camp, and constructing park buildings, including a gatehouse, bath house (with beach), saddle barn, two-story shelter house, and more. CCC Company 556 occupied Camp SP-7 at Pokagon from 1934 until 1942. To enhance the outdoors experience, projects exhibited designs that were rustic and harmonious with their surroundings, using native materials and adhering to guidelines established through the National Park Service. Pokagon has been home to the longest running annual CCC reunion in the country and continues the...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the bathhouse and beach at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana, in 1938-39.   CCC 'boys' trucked endless loads of gravel from a deposit in another part of the park to create a swimming beach, as well as a fine gravel lake bottom.  This was accomplished by spreading a thick layer of gravel over the ice of the frozen lake where the beach was being created and letting it settle as the ice melted. The gabled frame bathhouse was completed in 1939. The beach and bathhouse are not marked as CCC, but there is now a...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established a camp at Pokagon State Park in order to work on developing the park. The camp was there from 1933 to 1942, when the CCC program closed down.  The camp was dismantled afterward. Camp SP-7 housed Company 556 and consisted of officers quarters, six barracks, headquarters building, recreational hall, bath house/laundry, mess hall, latrine, motor pool shed, blacksmith/tool storage, educational/shop building, pumphouse and water tower, and ham radio shed.   The site is marked by a sign on a stone pedestal, built by one of the former CCC boys some 40 years after the camp closed. More...

The former gatehouse at the entrance to Pokagon State Park was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees in 1937 and used until the mid-1980s. The style of the former gatehouse is classified as Park Rustic.  Using a variety of native materials, the CCC built gatehouses designed to appeal to the eye and draw in visitors with hints of the delights of nature within the park. In 2016, the little building was dedicated as a CCC Pocket Museum, featurng exhibits about the CCC's work in the park and beyond.  There is also a permanent exhibit in the Nature Center (not a CCC building)...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a shelter house at Pokagon State Park, Angola, Indiana, in 1935.  It was originally known as the Combination Shelter (for a concession stand and picnic shelter) and is now popularly known as the CCC Shelter House.   The two-story, stone-and-timber structure is built into the hillside overlooking the main beach. It contains two massive stone fireplaces, the one on the north with openings on two levels. The style of the CCC shelter house is classified as Parks Rustic.   In 1975, a commemorative plaque on a stone pedestal was dedicated to CCC Company 556, which did the construction....

Records indicate that Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees constructed six stone drinking fountains with gabled shelters around the park in 1935. Five remain. The drinking fountains are classified as Park Rustic. They are not marked; only two sites in the park are marked individually as CCC.   But the old gatehouse is now a CCC Pocket Museum with exhibits and the Nature Center has an exhibit that lists all the structures CCC enrollees worked on.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees at Pokagon State Park created a series of three fish rearing ponds, originally with dams between them, fed by an existing spring. They were completed in 1935 and used to assure Lake James would be well stocked with desirable fish. Many state parks in Indiana had such fish rearing ponds, most of them constructed by New Deal agencies.  With changes in conservation practices, the ponds were left to languish, but remnants are still visible in the winter months. The former ponds are not marked.  Only two sites in the park are marked individually as CCC; but the...

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees worked on Pokagon State Park’s Group Camp from 1934 to 1939. The main area of the camp, which overlooks Lake James to the west, contains five buildings, the centerpiece of which is a lovely octagonal stone dining hall/kitchen. Around the central area, roughly organized into three groups, are 13 identical small frame cabins.    The Group Camp is not marked as CCC. But the old gatehouse is now a CCC Pocket Museum with exhibits and the Nature Center has an exhibit that lists all the structures CCC enrollees worked on.  

Around 1937, CCC workers completed a 2½ story service building, which today houses park offices. It is not in a public area.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built overnight cabins at Pokagon State Park in 1940, which are still in use. The four cabins are classified as Parks Rustic. The cabins are not marked as CCC, but there is now a CCC Pocket Museum in the old gatehouse and the Nature Center has an exhibit that lists all the structures CCC enrollees worked on.  

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees completed the Potawatomi Inn bathhouse in 1935.  Records are sparse, so it is unclear whether CCC workers remodeled/completed a building begun by Civil Works Administration (CWA) in 1933-34, or the CCC constructed an entirely new bathhouse. The structure has been used to house boat rentals for several decades. The style is classified as Parks Rustic, although it is a very modest example. The bathhouse is not marked as CCC. But there is now a CCC Pocket Museum with exhibits in the old gatehouse and the Nature Center has an exhibit that lists all the structures CCC enrollees worked on.    

The saddle barn at Pokagon State Park was constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees in 1938.   It still serves its original function. The structure is classified as Parks Rustic. New Deal agencies built several attractive saddle barns and extensive horse trails in most of the state parks, bringing this activity into the reach of the average visitor.  The saddle barn is not marked as CCC, but there is now a CCC Pocket Museum in the old gatehouse and the Nature Center has an exhibit that lists all the structures CCC enrollees worked on.

The Spring Shelter at Pokagon State Park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1937-38.  Originally conceived as a trailside shelter next to a natural spring, the Spring Shelter was built of hewn logs.  Originally, the shelter was also used as an overnight cabin. The style of the building is classified as Parks Rustic. Substantial CCC stone work also enhanced the appearance and accessibility of the artesian well beside the shelter.  The Spring Shelter is not marked as CCC, but there is now a CCC Pocket Museum with exhibits in the old gatehouse and the Nature Center has an exhibit that...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the first toboggan slide. The original toboggan slide was built by the CCC 'boys' for their own recreational use while they were working on the park between 1934 and 1942.   It was so popular with the public that it has since been rebuilt, enlarged and remodeled several times, so the current structure is not the original nor contains any part of it. The toboggan slide is not marked as CCC, but the CCC is commemorated in other parts of Pokagon Park.  A permanent exhibit in the Nature Center lists all the structures they worked on and...

Flat windows 6/6 with stone sills. 2 Stone trimmed arched entrys, fanlights with double flat doors. Inscriptions: Erected by the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in 1937.

The post office in Alexandria was completed in 1936 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Roland Schweinsburg's 1938 mural, "The Sledding Party," completed in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

The historic post office in Attica, Indiana was constructed in 1935 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The historic Aurora post office was completed in 1935 with Treasury Department funding. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.

The post office in Batesville was completed in 1937 with funds provided by the Treasury Department. It is also the site of Orville Carroll's 1938 mural, "Building the Industrial Foundations of Batesville," completed with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and viewable in the lobby.

Limestone sills, 7 bay symmetrical facade, central entrance, original metal deco awning, interior original, new windows, corner lot, constructed with Treasury Department funds.

The historic post office in Bloomfield, Indiana was constructed with New Deal funds in 1939. The building, which houses a New Deal relief inside, is still in use today.

The historic Boonville post office was constructed ca. 1939 with Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork, is still in service.