{"nrhp_refnum":"87000052","name":"Cherry Springs Picnic Pavilion","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"8 mi. N of Carter Camp off PA 44","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Branch Township","county":"Potter County","state":"PA","lat":41.66150465100003,"lon":-77.82275229899994,"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 large H-plan log picnic pavilion with stone fireplaces and chimneys, located within Susquehannock State Forest in West Branch Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania, at the Cherry Springs State Forest Picnic Area. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC Camp S-88) in the 1930s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the pavilion is significant for its association with Civilian Conservation Corps emergency conservation work, part of the New Deal relief effort, and for its architecture. It is described as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, using local natural materials and designed to blend with the landscape. It is also linked to the federal and state cooperation that produced outdoor recreation facilities and to the humanitarian work that employed jobless young men during the Depression.","narrative":"Built of logs in the rustic style, the picnic pavilion at Cherry Springs State Forest sits within Susquehannock State Forest in Potter County, Pennsylvania. Its H-plan layout has corner posts, white cement chinking, and an open porch formed by the hyphen, with log roof supports. The partially enclosed ends contain large stone fireplaces and chimneys on one gable end, and the roof is cross-gabled. The Civilian Conservation Corps, working from Camp S-88 at Denton Hill or Hyman's Run, developed the surrounding picnic area between September 1933 and late 1941. The pavilion is regarded as part of the New Deal relief effort, a federal and state partnership that built many state park facilities. Its design follows National Park Service ideas of buildings that blend with the natural setting, and the work also provided jobs for thousands of young men during the Depression. The pavilion has served as a recreational facility for roughly fifty years.","period_of_significance":"1933-1941","architect_builder":"CCC Camp S-88","architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Pavilion in use as a picnic facility; condition recorded as excellent and integrity as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.205236-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000052.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000052/2426f1a90a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000052/2426f1a90a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherry_Springs_State_Park_Pavilion_front_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Ruhrfisch</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherry_Springs_State_Park_Pavilion_front_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993830","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89259590"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/potter-county/cherry-springs-picnic-pavilion-87000052/"}