{"nrhp_refnum":"12001145","name":"Blood Mountain Trail Shelter","other_names":["Site number 9LU224"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Blood Mountain Wilderness Area","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blairsville","county":"Lumpkin County","state":"GA","lat":34.74009143600006,"lon":-83.93741837999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story, two-room stone trail shelter built around 1937 near the summit of Blood Mountain on the Appalachian Trail in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, Lumpkin County, Georgia. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant at the state level under Criterion A for its link to recreation, Vogel State Park, the Appalachian Trail and the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is also significant under Criterion C as a good example of CCC Rustic architecture. It is the only one of five CCC trail shelters on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia built of stone.","narrative":"Near the top of Blood Mountain, at nearly 4,500 feet, a small stone shelter sits among rock outcrops beside the Appalachian Trail in north Georgia. Built around 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps for the Georgia State Parks system as an adjunct to Vogel State Park, it is a one-story, two-room building of coursed mortared rubble with a low-pitched gable roof of cedar shakes. Its beams and rafters were roughed to look hand-hewn, and a central fireplace divides a front warming room from a rear sleeping room. Of the five CCC trail shelters on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, it is the only one built of stone. The state transferred it to the U.S. Forest Service in 1956, and it still shelters hikers. The nomination values it for its tie to Depression-era recreation development and as a good example of Rustic design that blends with its rocky setting. The roof and openings were renewed in 2011.","period_of_significance":"c. 1937-1962","architect_builder":"U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service (Architect/Builder); CCC (Architect/Builder)","architectural_style":"Early 20th Century Movements (CCC Rustic)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still serves as a shelter for Appalachian Trail and Blood Mountain Wilderness visitors; roof and door and window frames were replaced in-kind in November 2011.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:44.440605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/12001145.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001145/67ecd96f02-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001145/67ecd96f02-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Teasdale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blood_Mountain_CCC_Shelter.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Teasdale</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blood_Mountain_CCC_Shelter.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208851","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97039016"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/lumpkin-county/blood-mountain-trail-shelter-12001145/"}