Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4
CCC Camp NP-4, also known as the Horse Concessioner Dormitory and the Climbing Concession Office, at Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park was the largest Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Grand Teton. Located at the South end of Jenny Lake, the camp housed young men from 1934 to 1942, who worked on improvements to trails, campsites, employee housing, utilities and timber salvage at Jackson Lake. The surviving structures include a messhall and a bathhouse.[2]
Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4 | |
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Nearest city | Moose, Wyoming |
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Coordinates | 43°44′58″N 110°43′28″W |
Architect | NPS |
MPS | Grand Teton National Park MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 98001033[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 7, 2006 |
It is unusual for CCC facilities to survive, as they were typically dismantled when the CCC program was completed. The camp was later used as a base camp for mountain climbing concessioners.[3] The camp became known as the "C-Camp," accommodating climbers close to the base of the mountains. The bathhouse became the base for Paul Petzoldt and Glenn Exum's Petzoldt-Exum School of American Mountaineering. The building is still in use as the summer base for Exum Mountain Guides.[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2006.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "Conservationists". Grand Teton Historic Resource Study. National Park Service. 2008-10-24.
- Janene Caywood; Ann Hubber; Kathryn Schneid (1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4" (pdf). National Park Service. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "CCC Camp". Grand Teton National Park: Cultural History. National Park Service. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
External links
Media related to Jenny Lake CCC Camp NP-4 at Wikimedia Commons
- CCC Camp at Grand Teton National Park