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Coordinates: 42°21′45″N 93°05′10.8″W / 42.36250°N 93.086333°W / 42.36250; -93.086333
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Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall
Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall is located in Iowa
Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall
Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall is located in the United States
Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall
Location301 11th Ave.
Eldora, Iowa
Coordinates42°21′45″N 93°05′10.8″W / 42.36250°N 93.086333°W / 42.36250; -93.086333
Arealess than one acre
Built1933
ArchitectCivilian Conservation Corps
NRHP reference No.11001056[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 27, 2012

The Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall is a historic building located in Eldora, Iowa, United States. Known as Camp Flying Goose, the Civilian Conservation Corps' (CCC) Company 1755 made Eldora their home base in 1933.[2] They constructed this building that year for their use as a barracks while they worked on projects in the area, which included building Upper Pine Lake in Pine Lake State Park. CCC Company 1752, The Erosioners, replaced them two years later, and they built many of the facilities in the park. With the start of World War II, the CCC left the camp. The National Youth Association used the camp from 1940-1942.[3] In 1943 the camp became Prisoner of War (POW) Compound #13, and it housed German and Italian POW's until 1945. The prisoners were put to work on farms, in canning factories, doing construction, and other jobs. This building is all that remains of the CCC/POW camp.[2] It is the only CCC camp building that still exists in Iowa, and it houses a museum.[3] The building, which is located on the Hardin County Fairgrounds, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Hardin County Agricultural Society. "CCC/POW Rec Hall". Pine Lake Produce. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  3. ^ a b "Civilian Conservation Corps/Prisoner of War Recreational Hall and Museum". Pine Lake Produce. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


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