Crystal Campground
Appearance
Crystal Springs Camp Shelter | |
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Location in Arkansas | |
Nearest city | Norman, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°28′46″N 93°38′17″W / 34.47944°N 93.63806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1939 |
Built by | Civilian Conservation Corps |
Architectural style | Rustic |
MPS | Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 93001087[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 21, 1993 |
The Crystal Campground is located on Forest Road 177 in Ouachita National Forest, northeast of Norman, Arkansas. The campground has nine campsites and a picnic shelter, and provides access to outdoor recreational activities including hiking, swimming, and fishing. The swimming area is made possible by the Crystal Springs Dam, a 30-foot (9.1 m) fieldstone dam built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, that impounds Montgomery Creek to provide a swimming hole.[2] The campground's main picnic shelter was also built by the CCC at that time.[3] Both the dam and the shelter were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] The picnic shelter was knocked over by a falling tree.
See also
[edit]- Collier Springs Picnic Area, further east on FR 177
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Arkansas
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Crystal Springs Dam". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
- ^ "NRHP nominatino for Crystal Springs Shelter". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
Categories:
- Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Government buildings completed in 1939
- Campgrounds in the United States
- Ouachita National Forest
- Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Arkansas
- 1939 establishments in Arkansas
- Rustic architecture in Arkansas
- Unused buildings in Arkansas
- Picnic shelters
- Southwest Arkansas Registered Historic Place stubs