McCormick's Creek State Park Entrance and Gatehouse

McCormick's Creek State Park Entrance and Gatehouse

McCormick's Creek State Park Gatehouse, June 2013
Location McCormick's Creek State Park, west of the junction of State Roads 43 and 46, and east of Spencer, Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°17′02″N 86°43′34″W / 39.28389°N 86.72611°W / 39.28389; -86.72611Coordinates: 39°17′02″N 86°43′34″W / 39.28389°N 86.72611°W / 39.28389; -86.72611
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1935 (1935)
Architectural style Park Rustic
MPS New Deal Resources in Indiana State Parks MPS
NRHP Reference # 93000175[1]
Added to NRHP March 18, 1993

McCormick's Creek State Park Entrance and Gatehouse is a historic gatehouse located at McCormick's Creek State Park in Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935, and is a one-story, "T"-shaped, Rustic style limestone building with a gable roof. The building features a large limestone fireplace chimney and open entrance porch. The gatehouse is bracketed by a contributing stone and timber fence in two sections.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Greiff (August 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McCormick's Creek State Park Entrance and Gatehouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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