{"nrhp_refnum":"87000049","name":"Parker Dam State Park-Parker Dam District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5 mi. S of Penfield off PA 153","address_restricted":false,"city":"Penfield","county":"Clearfield County","state":"PA","lat":41.19843008400005,"lon":-78.50782205308735,"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 historic district within Parker Dam State Park in Penfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, centered on a CCC-built dam and its former construction office (Building 117-7), now used as a CCC museum. The park lies in the Moshannon State Forest area.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its association with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal relief program, and for its rustic architecture espoused by the National Park Service. The dam and office are presented as representative of federal recreation and building programs of the Depression era, and of state-federal cooperation on state-owned land. The construction work also employed many jobless young men.","narrative":"Parker Dam State Park, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, contains a district built by Civilian Conservation Corps workers between 1933 and 1941. The centerpiece is a reinforced concrete dam faced with rusticated stone, which replaced an earlier CCC dam washed out by a 1936 flood. Men of Camp S-118 built the dam and its construction office, Building 117-7, a rectangular log structure with saddle corners and a shed-roofed porch overlooking the dam and lake. The office now serves as a CCC museum. The rustic style, using local natural materials and placed to blend with the landscape, reflects National Park Service design ideals. The district is regarded as important for its link to the Emergency Conservation Work program, a major New Deal relief effort that employed thousands of young men, many previously homeless. The lake formed by the dam anchors the park's recreational facilities, which opened to the public in 1936.","period_of_significance":"1933-1941","architect_builder":"Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp S-118 (builder)","architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The office is now used as a CCC museum and the dam is used for recreation; the district is said to contain no intrusions or non-contributing buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.662115-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000049.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000049/8366719bc1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000049/8366719bc1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parker_Dam_State_Park-Parker_Dam_District_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-Parker_Dam_District_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992792","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26265140"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clearfield-county/parker-dam-state-park-parker-dam-district-87000049/"}