{"nrhp_refnum":"87000111","name":"Kooser State Park Family Cabin District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"10 mi. N of PA Turnpike Exit 10 on PA 31","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jefferson","county":"Somerset County","state":"PA","lat":40.06178355600005,"lon":-79.23102849120332,"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 historic district of six log and wood-frame family cabins and latrines in Kooser State Park, Jefferson Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of the park's family cabin area.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is associated with the Emergency Conservation Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a major New Deal relief program, and that its buildings exemplify the rustic style of architecture espoused by the National Park Service. It also argues the cabins represent federal and state cooperation on state-owned land and a federal humanitarian program that employed thousands of jobless young men during the Depression.","narrative":"Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1933 and 1939, the Kooser State Park Family Cabin District is a group of log and wood-frame cabins and latrines in a wooded area beside Kooser Run, in Jefferson Township, Somerset County. The camp that built it, CCC Camp S-99, also known as Camp Summit, developed the park during those years. The district includes cabins with cross-gabled or pyramidal roofs, saddle-notched log walls, stone chimneys and stone-pier porches. Their designs use local natural materials and are placed to blend with the landscape. The district is considered important as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, which shaped many national and state parks. It is also linked to the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the most significant New Deal relief efforts, and to recreation that has continued for roughly fifty years. Of the thirteen buildings in the district, one modern latrine built after 1945 does not contribute to its significance.","period_of_significance":"1933-1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Good condition with excellent integrity as recorded on the survey form; the day use area has lost its original integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.197997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000111.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000111/8920df252a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000111/8920df252a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_cabins_at_Kooser_State_Park.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_cabins_at_Kooser_State_Park.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993879","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98883594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/somerset-county/kooser-state-park-family-cabin-district-87000111/"}