{"nrhp_refnum":"89000457","name":"Mawavi Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 2","other_names":["Prince William Forest Park"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off VA 619 W of I-95","address_restricted":false,"city":"Triangle","county":"Prince William County","state":"VA","lat":38.579841989000045,"lon":-77.4148664958731,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 132-acre district at Prince William Forest Park near Triangle, Virginia, holding Camp 2 (Mawavi), a girls' recreation demonstration camp built between 1936 and 1938 by CCC enrollees and WPA laborers. It has 58 contributing resources, mostly rustic cabins and lodges, plus a dam.","why_significant":"The district is presented as the culmination of a New Deal movement to build model resource-reclamation projects, and as an example of rustic architecture. Several of its buildings were published as model plans in national NPS design books. Its craftsmanship and careful fit between architecture and landscape have kept the original character of the camp.","narrative":"Camp 2, known as Mawavi, is a girls' organized camp within Prince William Forest Park, Virginia. Built between 1936 and 1938 by Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees and WPA laborers, it covers about 132 acres. The buildings are arranged like a wheel, with a dining hall, administration, infirmary and staff quarters at the hub and four unit camps around it. Each unit has a lodge, a latrine, leaders' cabins and small cabins. The buildings are raised on concrete piers and clad in locally cut pine or oak waney board, with a stone chimney or hearth on some. A concrete dam on the South Branch of Quantico Creek created the camp lake. Five Mawavi buildings were published as model facilities in national park design handbooks. The district was listed as an example of New Deal recreation planning and rustic architecture, with 58 contributing resources and three non-contributing ones.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by CCC enrollees (Camp SP-25) and WPA laborers under NPS design direction; no individual architect named","architectural_style":"NPS rustic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Camp still used as a camp and for outdoor recreation; the original council rings were replaced and are non-contributing, and the washhouse has a modern skylight.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.445388-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/6788/41678876/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/89000457.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000457/e471d0b44f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000457/e471d0b44f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chopawansic_Camp_2_cabin_VA_NPS.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">National Park Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chopawansic_Camp_2_cabin_VA_NPS.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678876","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawavi_Historic_District,_Chopawamsic_RDA_Camp_2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5104822"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-william-county/mawavi-historic-district-chopawamsic-rda-camp-2-89000457/"}