{"nrhp_refnum":"86003752","name":"Promised Land State Park Whittaker Lodge District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"10 mi. N of Canaddensis on PA 390","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canadensis","county":"Pike County","state":"PA","lat":41.31183557950007,"lon":-75.1912150402651,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":null,"is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Conservation","Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of one log lodge, one wood shed and one roadway gate on a wooded spit of land extending into Promised Land Lake in Promised Land State Park, Palmyra Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. The resources were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of Camp S-139 during the 1933-1941 period.","why_significant":"The district is argued to meet Criteria A and C, associated with the Emergency Conservation Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the major New Deal relief efforts. Its buildings and structures are presented as examples of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, which is described as characterizing many national and state parks. The form also cites the employment of jobless young men and the federal-state cooperation involved in building on state-owned land.","narrative":"Whittaker Lodge is a multi-room, rectangular log building with saddle corners and white cement chinking, set on a wooded spit of land that extends into Promised Land Lake in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Built between 1933 and 1941 by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp S-139, the lodge has a gabled roof, an inset porch with log supports, and two stone chimneys. It stands with a small three-sided wood shed and a roadway gate of two stone piers flanking a wooden pole barrier. The district is regarded as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, which used local natural materials and was designed to blend with the landscape. Its significance lies in its link to the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal relief program that employed thousands of young men during the Depression and represented cooperation between state and federal government. The lodge has been used for recreation for roughly fifty years and continues to serve state park staff and visitors.","period_of_significance":"1933-1941","architect_builder":"CCC Camp S-139","architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used by Department of Environmental Resources personnel, their families, and dignitaries.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.047012-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000047.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87000047","name":"Promised Land State Park Whittaker Lodge District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/promised-land-state-park-whittaker-lodge-district-87000047/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/pike-county/promised-land-state-park-whittaker-lodge-district-86003752/"}