Colton Point State Park

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.