CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum

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CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum
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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
Coordinates 39°17′29″N86°43′37″W / 39.29139°N 86.72694°W / 39.29139; -86.72694
Arealess than one acre
Built1936 (1936)
ArchitectCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Architectural styleRustic Functional
MPS New Deal Resources in Indiana State Parks MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000176 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016.Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.