Orenda/SP-26 Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 3

Orenda, also called Camp 3 or the Mothers and Tots' Camp, is a cabin camp in Prince William Forest Park near Triangle, Virginia, together with the remains of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp that built it. The 179-acre district holds 44 contributing buildings, four structures and one site, most dating from 1935 to 1939. Cabins, unit lodges, latrines, a dining hall, a nursery lodge, a craft shelter, an entrance gate and a wood truss bridge are arranged around a small lake. Buildings sit on concrete piers and are clad in locally cut waney board, with cedar shingles later replaced by asphalt. West of the camp, a parade ground, blacksmith shop, electric shop and storage buildings survive from CCC camp SP-26. A log-and-chink stable is unique in the park. The district is significant as an example of New Deal recreation demonstration planning and NPS rustic design.