{"nrhp_refnum":"87000106","name":"Clear Creek State Park Family Cabin 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":41.33455193000006,"lon":-79.10262077626665,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-02-12","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 district of family cabins and related buildings in Clear Creek State Park near Sigel, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps for use by park and camp personnel. The district contains twenty-eight buildings and one structure arranged in two groups along Clear Creek and the Clarion River.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its association with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a major New Deal relief program, and as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service. It also cites its role in recreation development and in state-federal cooperation on state-owned land.","narrative":"Near Sigel in Jefferson County, the Clear Creek State Park Family Cabin District is a group of twenty-eight buildings and one structure built between 1933 and 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, specifically CCC Camp S-53. The cabins sit in two clusters, one along Clear Creek and one along the Clarion River. Most are single or two-room log cabins with saddle-notched corners and white cement chinking, while others use irregularly coursed ashlar stone, wane-edged siding and stone chimneys. Nine of the cabins along Clear Creek housed officers and technical staff of the camp, and others served as a mess hall, headquarters and foremen's quarters. The district is regarded as an example of rustic park architecture that uses local materials and blends into its surroundings. It also reflects the New Deal's Depression-era relief work, which employed many young men, and an early joint effort by state and federal governments to build public recreation facilities.","period_of_significance":"1933-1937","architect_builder":null,"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 17:11:32.953536-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000106.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000106/2e1e0ff3b8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000106/2e1e0ff3b8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks, probably Burt Ellsworth, the staff photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phot_clcreekcabin2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks, probably Burt Ellsworth, the staff photographer</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Phot_clcreekcabin2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993099","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98843319"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/jefferson-county/clear-creek-state-park-family-cabin-district-87000106/"}