Loleta Recreation Area, Bath House, Six miles Southeast of intersection of State Highway No. 24041 & State Route 66, Loleta, Elk County, PA
Summary
Significance: Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between the years of 1933 and 1936. The CCC work project was initiated by President Roosevelt to put young men to work while at the same time assisting in the national conservation of the state and national forests and parks. The rustic style of architecture is unique to the CCC work project and is evident on the bathhouse.
Survey number: HABS PA-5963-A
Building/structure dates: 1933- 1936 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1979 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1991-1992 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1936 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Dobson-Brown, Deborah L, photographer
Dobson-Brown, Deborah L, historian
Location
Loleta, 41.39889, -79.07972
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html