Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed
Appearance
Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed | |
Location | Kingsbury Rd., Natchaug State Forest, Eastford, Connecticut |
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Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
Built | 1934 |
Architect | Civilian Conservation Corps |
MPS | Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures TR |
NRHP reference No. | 86001732[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 04, 1986 |
The Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed is a historic utility building in Natchaug State Forest in Eastford, Connecticut. It is located at the southern end of a small maintenance yard on the east side of Kingsbury Road in the heart of the forest. It is a vernacular post-and-beam structure with vertical board siding. Its north-facing front has five equipment bays with double-leaf wooden doors. It is the only surviving structure, of a large number built, in the forest by crews of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
Categories:
- Eastford, Connecticut
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
- Buildings and structures completed in 1934
- Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut
- Buildings and structures in Windham County, Connecticut
- National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Connecticut
- Connecticut Registered Historic Place stubs