Promised Land State Park Whittaker Lodge District

Whittaker Lodge is a multi-room, rectangular log building with saddle corners and white cement chinking, set on a wooded spit of land that extends into Promised Land Lake in Pike County, Pennsylvania. Built between 1933 and 1941 by the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp S-139, the lodge has a gabled roof, an inset porch with log supports, and two stone chimneys. It stands with a small three-sided wood shed and a roadway gate of two stone piers flanking a wooden pole barrier. The district is regarded as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, which used local natural materials and was designed to blend with the landscape. Its significance lies in its link to the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal relief program that employed thousands of young men during the Depression and represented cooperation between state and federal government. The lodge has been used for recreation for roughly fifty years and continues to serve state park staff and visitors.