Worlds End State Park Family Cabin District

Twenty-five cabins and latrines make up this district in Worlds End State Park, set in a narrow, S-shaped valley of Loyalsock Creek about two miles southeast of Forksville in Sullivan County. Civilian Conservation Corps Camp S-95 built the cabins between 1933 and 1941, and the park opened to the public in 1936. The buildings use local materials: square and rectangular log cabins with corner posts and white cement chinking, gable-roofed cabins with wane-edged siding, and stone chimneys, fireplaces, piers and porch walls. Several plans recur, including three-room T-plan and L-plan cabins with inset porches. The district is regarded as an example of the rustic style promoted by the National Park Service, with buildings placed to blend into their surroundings. Its importance lies in the Depression-era federal relief program that employed young men, and in the state and federal cooperation behind it. The district was accepted for its architectural and historical value, and it has served as recreational lodging for roughly fifty years.