Whipple Dam State Park Day Use District

Whipple Dam State Park's day use district sits on the shore of Whipple Lake in Jackson Township, Huntingdon County, and covers about 32 acres. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-60 built the district between 1933 and late 1941 as part of the Emergency Conservation Work program. The present dam dates from 1936 and replaced an earlier state dam of 1927, which itself succeeded a sawmill dam built by the Whipple family. The district includes ten buildings and nine structures, among them concession and storage buildings, latrines, picnic pavilions and picnic shelters. Most use local materials such as log columns, stone piers, stone fireplaces and wane-edged siding, and they are placed to blend with the surrounding landscape. The resources are important for their rustic architecture, their link to the New Deal relief program that employed many young men, and their role in providing public outdoor recreation.