CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum
Appearance
CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum | |
![]() Front and western side | |
Location | McCormick's Creek State Park, west of the junction of State Roads 43 and 46, and east of Spencer, Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°17′29″N 86°43′37″W / 39.29139°N 86.72694°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1936 |
Architect | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
Architectural style | Rustic Functional |
MPS | New Deal Resources in Indiana State Parks MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 93000176[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 18, 1993 |
CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum is a historic building located at McCormick's Creek State Park in Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933, and is a one-story, frame building with board-and-batten siding and American Craftsman style design elements. It consists of a rectangular hip roofed main section, with a gabled wing. The wing features a large stone fireplace. The building was rehabilitated for use as a nature museum by the Works Progress Administration in 1936, and remained in that use into the 1970s.[2]: 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
Categories:
- Civilian Conservation Corps in Indiana
- Works Progress Administration in Indiana
- Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Buildings and structures completed in 1933
- Buildings and structures in Owen County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Owen County, Indiana
- Museums on the National Register of Historic Places
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs