{"nrhp_refnum":"87000018","name":"Clear Creek State Park Day Use District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4 mi. N of Sigel on PA 949","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sigel","county":"Jefferson County","state":"PA","lat":41.32348465650006,"lon":-79.07929787798528,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-11","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 day use historic district of about 13.75 acres in Clear Creek State Park near Sigel, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, centred on a small lake created by a CCC-built dam. It contains buildings and structures including picnic shelters, a bathhouse, a concession stand, a residence, latrines, a first aid building and a dam.","why_significant":"The district is associated with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a major New Deal relief program, and was built by CCC Camp S-53 between 1933 and 1937. Its buildings and structures exemplify the rustic style of architecture promoted by the National Park Service, using local natural materials and designed to blend with the landscape. The nomination also argues it represents federal and state cooperation on state-owned land and a humanitarian program that employed many jobless young men.","narrative":"Built between 1933 and 1937 by Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-53, the Clear Creek State Park Day Use Historic District lies along Clear Creek in the southeastern part of the park in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. The district centres on a small lake formed by a CCC-built dam and includes picnic shelters with log roof supports, a bathhouse with a stone pavilion and central fireplace, a concession stand, a log residence built as the park superintendent's home, latrines, a first aid building and the dam itself. The buildings use logs, stone and board-and-batten siding in the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, designed to blend with the natural setting. The district is significant for its association with the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the central relief programs of the New Deal, and for its representation of federal and state cooperation during the Depression. Camp S-53 worked in the park until December 1937. One later office building, dating from 1969, does not contribute to the district.","period_of_significance":"1933-1937","architect_builder":"CCC Camp S-53 (builder)","architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.999047-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000018.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000018/f2f4a3f5bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000018/f2f4a3f5bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Nicholas","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clear_Creek_State_Park_Steps.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicholas</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clear_Creek_State_Park_Steps.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993097","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60241635"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/jefferson-county/clear-creek-state-park-day-use-district-87000018/"}