CCC Camp #1592 did extensive work in Ouabache State Park, including, among other things, building shelters and the Kunkel Lake. Today, the park offers a tour of CCC structures. In 2014, a new statue commemorating the CCC was installed in… read more
The custodian’s cottage was completed in 1936 by New Deal agencies (most likely either the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] or the Works Progress Administration [WPA]). The style of the cottage is classified as parks rustic. Today the building is the… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) or Works Progress Administration (WPA) completed an entrance marker to Ouabache State Park. The marker consists of two stone posts that are about 10′ high.
The Wells County State Forest Lodge sits on a lightly wooded hillside. The Lodge was completed between 1935 and 1936. The Wells County State Forest Lodge was probably constructed by both the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress… read more
The service building was completed by new deal agencies (most likely either the Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] or the Works Progress Administration [WPA]) in 1936. The style of the building is classified as parks rustic. According to original blueprints, the… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), possibly both, completed the dam and Lake Kunkal in 1939. The 25 acre lake is impounded by an earthen dam. There are also concrete steps on dam’s south face.
This neoclassical building was first constructed in 1903, and was redecorated by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s.