{"nrhp_refnum":"87000044","name":"Parker Dam State Park-Octagonal Lodge","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5 mi. S of Penfield off PA 153","address_restricted":false,"city":"Penfield","county":"Clearfield County","state":"PA","lat":41.208948864000035,"lon":-78.50288270999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-05-11","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 octagonal log lodge built by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Parker Dam State Park in Huston Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, on the main park road. The form dates it to 1933-1941 and gives the lodge's present use as a lodge.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the lodge meets Criteria A and C as a Civilian Conservation Corps building associated with New Deal relief work. It is cited as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, and it is described as the only octagonal CCC-built structure found in the Pennsylvania state park system.","narrative":"Built of logs by Civilian Conservation Corps crews in the 1930s, the Octagonal Lodge stands in Parker Dam State Park in Huston Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It is an octagonal log structure with saddle corners, white cement chinking, a small log appendage at the rear, and a wooden cupola at the center of the roof. The park's camps were CCC Camp S-73, operating from May 1933 to October 1935, and CCC Camp S-118, operating from June 1933 to late 1941. The lodge is significant for its association with the Emergency Conservation Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal relief program of the New Deal. It also illustrates the rustic style of architecture espoused by the National Park Service, built with local natural materials to blend with its surroundings. The nomination describes it as the only octagonal CCC-built structure found in the state park system. The original roof and cupola were lost to a tornado in the early 1980s and rebuilt to the original designs.","period_of_significance":"1925-1949","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The original roof and cupola were destroyed by a tornado in the early 1980s and rebuilt to original designs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.323747-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000044.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000044/05da0616cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000044/05da0616cf-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parker_Dam_State_Park-Octagonal_Lodge_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parker_Dam_State_Park-Octagonal_Lodge_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992790","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26265137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clearfield-county/parker-dam-state-park-octagonal-lodge-87000044/"}