• CCC Camp (former) - Boonville NY
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had a camp (S-122) just east of Boonville, New York.  The site lies within the Hogsback State Forest on the south side of Woodgate Road (County Road 61) leading to State Route 28, which runs across the Adirondack Park. From this camp, the CCC 'boys' carried out forestry projects around the west side of the park, such as planting trees, forest thinning, eradication of pests, and fire suppression. They built truck trails for fire fighting around the hamlet of Otter Lake and reforested 1700 acres around Lyonsdale.  Boys from this camp also built Pixley Falls State Park...
  • Pixley Falls State Park - Boonville NY
    In 1940, CCC 'boys' from the Boonville Civilian Conservation Corps camp S-122 built the facilities at Pixley Falls State Park on Route 46 south of Boonville NY.  According to Podskach: "They made clearings for campsites and created a wading pool with a stone masonry dam on the stream. The next summer the boys built a 25-ft reinforced concrete bridge and the park project was completed."  Podskach also includes a photo (see below) of a picnic shelter presumably built by the CCC boys. The original picnic shelter is still prominent and there are picnic tables but no designated campsites.  A path down to...
  • Post Office - Boonville NY
    The post office in Boonville, New York was built in 1937 by the US Treasury Department. It is one of many post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, Louis A. Simon – though likely with the help of local architects, as was often the case.  It is a one story brick building in Colonial Revival style, with hipped roof and octagonal cupola with metal window tracery and an iron weathervane. It is part of the Boonville Historic District.
  • Post Office Mural - Boonville NY
    The post office in Boonville, New York, built in 1937, is home to a mural by painted by the sisters Suzanne and Lucerne McCullough of New York City. It depicts a 19th century scene on the Black River Canal and is titled  “Black River Canal—1845.” It was paid for by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.