{"nrhp_refnum":"85002404","name":"White Pines State Park Lodge and Cabins","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"RR #1","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Morris","county":"Ogle County","state":"IL","lat":41.994723885500065,"lon":-89.4648079284197,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A lodge and sixteen cabins built of unhewn pine logs within White Pines Forest State Park near Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, constructed 1933-1939 and associated with Joseph F. Booten.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is architecturally significant as the smallest of Booten's picturesque forest-retreat lodges, built almost entirely of round pine timbers. It is also significant for recreation, since the park was created mainly for conservation and the state plan deliberately limited facilities to avoid drawing heavier use.","narrative":"Set among old white pines in Ogle County, this complex consists of a log lodge and sixteen log cabins built between 1933 and 1939 to designs by Joseph F. Booten. The lodge is two one-story buildings in an L-shaped plan joined by a covered breezeway, holding a lounge and a dining room with large stone fireplaces and exposed log trusses. The cabins form a circle north of the lodge within the pines; the three northernmost are four-room multi-family units and the rest are single units. All use unhewn logs, irregular corner notching, exposed rafters and stone chimneys. The nomination values the group as the smallest of Booten's lodges in the state park series, showing his picturesque approach on a modest scale and using pine logs that echo the park's name. It also reflects state planning that put conservation of the old white pine grove ahead of recreation, which kept the lodge small and its development restrained.","period_of_significance":"1933-1939","architect_builder":"Joseph F. Booten","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.392312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/8913/28891395/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/85002404.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002404/bcfb251047-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002404/bcfb251047-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.5","author":"Andy McMurray","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogle_County_White_Pines_Lodge5.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy McMurray</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogle_County_White_Pines_Lodge5.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891395","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Pines_State_Park_Lodge_and_Cabins","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7995209"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/ogle-county/white-pines-state-park-lodge-and-cabins-85002404/"}