Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center

Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center Historic District covers the oldest part of a residential camp beside Holliday Lake in Appomattox County, Virginia. Workers from the Works Progress Administration, possibly alongside the Resettlement Administration, built it in 1937-1938 to house crews constructing the lake and reforesting worn-out farmland. Local 4-H groups began using the site around 1940, and that continuous use kept the 1930s layout largely intact. Fifteen identical eight-bunk cabins line two ridges facing a terraced activity field, with a long dining hall at the head of the field. Buildings share a Rustic look, with board-and-batten lower walls and weatherboard above. The dining hall, store/clinic and main office have been resided and enlarged, but the cabins keep most original features. The district counts 26 contributing and 9 noncontributing resources. It is significant at the state level for its New Deal and 4-H associations and its camp architecture, from 1937 to 1960.