Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District

Historic district in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


35°22′19″N 92°23′32″W / 35.37194°N 92.39222°W / 35.37194; -92.39222
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1935 (1935)
Built by	Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style	Rustic
MPS	Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.	02001631^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 31, 2002

The Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 was a Civilian Conservation Corps encampment on Camp Hill Road in Damascus, Arkansas. Today, only three elements of the camp infrastructure survive: a large two-span stone arch that originally marked the camp entrance, a smaller arch that was used as a notice board, and a well. All were built in 1935 or 1936. At the center of the original camp property is a single-story brick ranch house, built in 1951 by the regionally noted stonemason Silas Owens, Sr.^[2]

The camp site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "NRHP nomination for Damascus CCC Camp, Co. No. 3781 Historic District". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved April 4, 2016.