{"nrhp_refnum":"91001507","name":"Hanging Rock State Park Bathhouse","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"End of NC 2015 S of jct. with NC 1001, Hanging Rock State Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danbury","county":"Stokes County","state":"NC","lat":36.39082308050004,"lon":-80.26907226910348,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-10-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stone and timber bathhouse on the shore of a twelve-acre lake in Hanging Rock State Park, near Danbury in Stokes County, North Carolina. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and completed in 1939, and the nominated district also includes the lake, its shoreline and a concrete dam.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the bathhouse is the largest and most distinctive facility built by the CCC in North Carolina and the most prominent example of CCC rustic park architecture in the state (Criterion C). With the lake and dam, it is also significant under Criterion A for its link to the CCC program in North Carolina and to the early development of Hanging Rock State Park.","narrative":"Hanging Rock State Park Bathhouse is a large stone and heavy-timber building on the edge of a twelve-acre lake in the Sauratown Mountains of Stokes County. Federal architect Robert S. Ormand designed it for Civilian Conservation Corps crews to build, and it was completed in 1939 to serve up to 1,000 swimmers a day. The lower level holds dressing areas and basket check space, while the upper level is an open pavilion under a scissors truss roof, with a large stone fireplace. A sandy beach separates the building from the water. Corps crews also built the concrete and stone dam that created the lake. The district includes the bathhouse, lake, shoreline and dam, with a later diving platform and boathouse counted as non-contributing. The property was listed as the largest and most distinctive CCC facility in North Carolina, an example of rustic park design using local stone and timber, and a record of the Depression-era work that shaped the state park system. It remains in its original use.","period_of_significance":"1939-1941","architect_builder":"Ormand, Robert S.","architectural_style":"OTHER: CCC rustic architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Recently rehabilitated by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation; continues in use in its original function as a bathhouse and pavilion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.364296-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7222/47722290/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91001507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001507/91793b5d80-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001507/91793b5d80-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ceh2624","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HRSPbathhouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ceh2624</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:HRSPbathhouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722290","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24261059"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/stokes-county/hanging-rock-state-park-bathhouse-91001507/"}