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Camp Rhododendron

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Built
  
1936

NRHP Reference #
  
91000545

Area
  
37 ha

Architectural style
  
Other, NPS Rustic

Opened
  
1936

Added to NRHP
  
15 May 1991

Camp Rhododendron

Location
  
Off Interstate 68 8 mi (13 km) east of Morgantown, near Morgantown, West Virginia

MPS
  
Coopers Rock State Forest MPS

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

Camp Rhododendron Wikipedia