Camp Rhododendron

United States historic place


Camp Rhododendron
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Coopers Rock Overlook in the evening
39°38′18″N 79°48′56″W / 39.63833°N 79.81556°W / 39.63833; -79.81556
Area	91 acres (37 ha)
Built	1936
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style	NPS Rustic
MPS	Coopers Rock State Forest MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000545^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1991

Camp Rhododendron, also known as Camp Rhododendron Recreational Historic District, is a historic Civilian Conservation Corps camp and national historic district located at Cooper's Rock State Forest near Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The district includes seven contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and two contributing objects. It was constructed between 1936 and 1942, and includes a pumphouse, Robert Fechner Monument, information booth, three pavilions, an overlook / walkway, concession stand, fire warning sign, and trail chalet. They are built of hewn logs and sandstone and representative of the Depression-era Rustic style of architecture. Located nearby is the Cooper's Rock State Forest Superintendent's House and Garage, also built by the CCC.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Pamela Ball Redmond (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Camp Rhododendron" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 20, 2011.