{"nrhp_refnum":"89000458","name":"Orenda/SP-26 Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 3","other_names":["Prince William Forest Park","Family Camp","Mothers &","Tots' Camp"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off VA 619 W of I-95","address_restricted":false,"city":"Triangle","county":"Prince William County","state":"VA","lat":38.56374322600004,"lon":-77.36149994607925,"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 179-acre historic district in Prince William Forest Park near Triangle, Virginia, made up of a 1930s cabin camp (Camp 3, Orenda) and the remains of the adjacent CCC work camp SP-26. It holds 49 contributing resources built between 1935 and 1939 by Civilian Conservation Corps and Emergency Conservation Work labor.","why_significant":"The district is presented as a product of the New Deal movement to build model resource-reclamation and recreation demonstration projects, and of the rise of NPS rustic architecture. Its buildings use local timber, waney board siding and stone, and the district keeps the spirit and character of the original design. The CCC camp remains show how the workers who built the facilities lived.","narrative":"Orenda, also called Camp 3 or the Mothers and Tots' Camp, is a cabin camp in Prince William Forest Park near Triangle, Virginia, together with the remains of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp that built it. The 179-acre district holds 44 contributing buildings, four structures and one site, most dating from 1935 to 1939. Cabins, unit lodges, latrines, a dining hall, a nursery lodge, a craft shelter, an entrance gate and a wood truss bridge are arranged around a small lake. Buildings sit on concrete piers and are clad in locally cut waney board, with cedar shingles later replaced by asphalt. West of the camp, a parade ground, blacksmith shop, electric shop and storage buildings survive from CCC camp SP-26. A log-and-chink stable is unique in the park. The district is significant as an example of New Deal recreation demonstration planning and NPS rustic design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by CCC Company 2383 (enrollees of SP-25/SP-26) under the NPS Branch of Planning and State Cooperation, Region 1, Richmond; project manager W.R. Hall","architectural_style":"NPS rustic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Cabins, lodges and other camp buildings remain in use as a camp, and the craft shelter is noted as in poorer condition than most. The park's structures were winterized and reroofed in asphalt by Army occupants in 1942-43.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.17482-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/6788/41678878/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/89000458.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000458/935a79af42-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000458/935a79af42-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"National Park Service","credit_html":"National Park Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chopawamsic_Camp_-3_office_VA_NPS.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000179","name":"Prince William Forest Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/prince-william-forest-park-historic-district-12000179/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678878","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orenda/SP-26_Historic_District,_Chopawamsic_RDA_Camp_3","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7101575"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-william-county/orenda-sp-26-historic-district-chopawamsic-rda-camp-3-89000458/"}