{"nrhp_refnum":"96001512","name":"Camp Manatoc Legion Lodge","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Truxell Rd., SE of jct. with Peninsula Rd., Camp Manatoc","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peninsula","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.21859250000006,"lon":-81.52927117399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story rustic-style camp lodge at Camp Manatoc, off Truxell Road near Peninsula, Summit County, Ohio, built in 1940 to a design by A.H. Good for the Boy Scouts' Akron-area council.","why_significant":"The lodge is tied to trends in outdoor recreation and social welfare, as a Scout camp building put up by a local American Legion group. Its rustic design, with board-and-batten siding, exposed rafter ends and a distinctive fieldstone-and-brick chimney, shows a craftsman influence. It retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Legion Lodge is a small, one-story rustic building in the woods near the main entrance drive of Camp Manatoc, a Boy Scout camp off Truxell Road near Peninsula, Ohio. Members of a local American Legion group built it in 1940 from a design by architect A.H. Good, to sleep about twenty Scouts on winter weekends and to serve as a program center in summer. It has a low gable roof with exposed rafter ends, vertical board-and-batten walls of native wormy chestnut, and six-light casement windows. Its most notable feature is a chimney of fieldstone set in serpentine courses of brick, capped with a carved sandstone plaque bearing the American Legion emblem and the date 1940. The lodge is significant for its link to outdoor recreation, to Scouting's role in boys' development, including wartime training, and to civic groups' support of camp facilities. It also stands as a good example of rustic architecture and keeps much of its original appearance.","period_of_significance":"1940-1945","architect_builder":"A.H. Good","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in camp use; the south gable door may no longer be used. Alterations are limited to foundation in-fill and two windows replaced with plexiglass.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.173699-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/96001512.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001512/83a8cb94a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001512/83a8cb94a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CAMP_MANATOC_LEGION_LODGE,_SUMMIT_COUNTY,_OHIO.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CAMP_MANATOC_LEGION_LODGE,_SUMMIT_COUNTY,_OHIO.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96001515","name":"Kendall, Virginia, State Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/kendall-virginia-state-park-historic-district-96001515/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986334","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100420475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/camp-manatoc-legion-lodge-96001512/"}