• CCC Camps Lee and Beaver, Hawk's Nest State Park - Ansted WV
    Hawk’s Nest State Park began as 31 acres bought by the state of West Virginia and is now an 838 acre park southwest of Anstead, Fayette County, West Virginia. The park overlooks the New River along the Midland Trail (US 60). Ten New Deal era resource types are identified in the park including “stone work; water fountains; fireplaces and picnic pads; trails; a culvert; a multi-use building with a museum, observatory, and residence; a concession building; storage building; picnic shelter; and restroom buildings.” The CCC operated two camps in Hawk’s nest. Camp Lee SP-6 Project 532 (10 July 1935-1942) and Camp...
  • Hawks Nest State Park - Ansted WV
    "The state bought the park lands in 1935, and the Civilian Conservation Corps made improvements including a picnic shelter, snack and souvenir shop, museum, and restrooms. The museum, which holds pioneer artifacts, features a glassed observation room offering a view of the gorge...The stone restroom, built by the CCC and shaped like a round tower, is unique."   (https://www.wvencyclopedia.org) The park's main overlook complex was also built by the CCC.
  • Hawks Nest State Park Museum - Ansted WV
    "In July of 1936, West Virginia's Civilian Conservation Corps obtained approval from the National Park Service to begin work on the log and stone building which would house the Hawks Nest Museum at one of the state's newest parks.  While work progressed on the structure, the state was working out details of how best to preserve and exhibit a large collection of artifacts it had purchased from Judge Harland Calhoun of Moorefield... Portions of the collection wound up at several state parks, including Cacapon and Lost River.  Much of the collection, though, came to the new Hawks Nest Museum and into...
  • Street Improvements - Anstead WV
    The Works Progress Administration completed street improvements in Anstead, Fayette County.
  • Waterworks - Ansted WV
    A waterworks construction project in Ansted, West Virginia was undertaken with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The PWA supplied a $22,000 loan and $17,895 grant toward the $39,889 eventual total cost of the project. Work occurred between Apr. and Aug. 1936. PWA Docket No. W Va. 1050-R