Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility
Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility | |
 Ellendale Picnic Area in 2018 | |
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| Location | U.S. Route 113, ½ mile south of Delaware Route 16 in Georgetown Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware |
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| Coordinates | 38°46′32″N 75°26′15″W / 38.77556°N 75.43750°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1938–1939 |
| Built by | Delaware State Forester, Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Architectural style | Rustic |
| NRHP reference No. | 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 a fountain.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Don Duhadaway; Kimberly Sebold; Steve Del Sordo (September 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility". and Accompanying six photos
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