{"nrhp_refnum":"87000112","name":"Colton Point State Park","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5 mi. S of US 6 at Ansonia","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ansonia","county":"Tioga County","state":"PA","lat":41.704568040000055,"lon":-77.46421920248588,"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 within Colton Point State Park in Delmar Township, Tioga County, near Ansonia, Pennsylvania, containing park buildings and structures built by Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-155 between 1935 and 1941.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its association with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal relief program, and for its rustic architecture, which uses local natural materials and was espoused by the National Park Service. It also cites the district's recreational role and its representation of federal and state cooperation during the Depression.","narrative":"Colton Point State Park, on the west rim of the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania near Ansonia in Tioga County, is a historic district of buildings and structures built by Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-155 between June 1935 and late 1941. The land was bought by the state in the late nineteenth century for use as state forest, and the park opened to the public in 1936. The district includes stone pavilions with fireplaces, log-columned open pavilions, a maintenance building with exposed log rafters, an underground reservoir, latrines, a brick and stone incinerator, three scenic overlooks, hiking trails, and roads. The district is valued as a representative example of the rustic style, which uses local materials and is designed to blend with the natural setting. It is also associated with the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal relief program that employed thousands of young men, many of whom had been homeless before joining.","period_of_significance":"1935-1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Park day use; the district contains eight buildings and nine structures, with one non-contributing Park Office constructed in 1983.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.813907-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000112.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000112/77562ce28e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000112/77562ce28e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colton_Point_State_Park_Shelter_1_b.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">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:Colton_Point_State_Park_Shelter_1_b.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993891","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98879278"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/tioga-county/colton-point-state-park-87000112/"}