Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility

Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility
Location U.S. Route 113, ½ mile south of Delaware Route 16 in Georgetown Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware
Coordinates 38°46′32″N 75°26′15″W / 38.77556°N 75.43750°W / 38.77556; -75.43750Coordinates: 38°46′32″N 75°26′15″W / 38.77556°N 75.43750°W / 38.77556; -75.43750
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1938-1939
Built by Delaware State Forester, Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style Other, Rustic
NRHP Reference # 91000913[1]
Added to NRHP July 22, 1991

Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility, also known as CCC Picnic Area/S-8151, is a historic picnic facility located at Ellendale, Sussex County, Delaware. It was built in 1938-1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps and designed to serve as a road-side rest facility for tourists and long distance travelers on the DuPont Boulevard. It consists of three buildings and three structures. The largest of these is a 20 feet, 10 inch, square pyramidal-roofed log pavilion. Also on the property are two wood gable-roofed picnic tables shelters, a fieldstone trash pit, fieldstone fireplace hearth, and foundation and water pipe for fountain.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Don Duhadaway; Kimberly Sebold; Steve Del Sordo (September 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility" (PDF). and Accompanying six photos


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