CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum explained

CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum
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:39.2914°N -86.7269°W
Architect:Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Architecture:Rustic Functional
Added:March 18, 1993
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:New Deal Resources in Indiana State Parks MPS
Refnum:93000176

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.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: CCC Recreation Building-Nature Museum. 2016-06-01. Glory-June Greiff. PDF. August 1992. and Accompanying photographs.