Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 90001677 Added to NRHP 15 November 1990 | Built 1934 Opened 1934 Nearest city Peterson | |
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Location South of the junction of County Road M27 and Iowa Highway 10 MPS CCC Properties in Iowa State Parks MPS Architecture firm Central Design Office, Ames | ||
Wanata State Park Picnic Shelter is a historic building located south of Peterson, Iowa, United States. Dr. E.W. Spaulding from Peterson was instrumental in acquiring the property for the park, which was dedicated in 1934. Civilian Conservation Corps Company 778 built the shelter on the slope of a hill that descends to the Little Sioux River. The rear and side walls are composed of random rubble stone. There are four stone pillars across the front, and four vertical timbers attached to them that support the eaves of the gable roof. Each side wall has a doorway and window opening. A fireplace and chimney are centered on the rear wall. There is a small stone basement in the northwest corner, and cemented stone covers the floor of the shelter. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.