Cream Hill Shelter

Cream Hill Shelter
Location Wickwire Rd., Cornwall, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°54′43″N 73°19′39″W / 41.91194°N 73.32750°W / 41.91194; -73.32750Coordinates: 41°54′43″N 73°19′39″W / 41.91194°N 73.32750°W / 41.91194; -73.32750
Area 6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built 1935 (1935)
Built by Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural style Adirondack-Rustic
MPS Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures TR
NRHP Reference # 86001727[1]
Added to NRHP September 4, 1986

The Cream Hill Shelter is a historic rustic log shelter in Housatonic State Forest in Cornwall, Connecticut. Built in 1935, it is one three surviving log shelters constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Description and history

The Cream Hill Shelter is located deep in the woods of northern Cornwall, on Wickwire Road, a forest road (closed to traffic due to a washed-out stream crossing) that runs easterly from Cream Hill Road, roughly paralleling Reed Brook to the south. It is a small log structure, with a gabled roof and dry-laid fieldstone foundation. The rectangular structure, open on one side, is built out of saddle-notched logs, with a milled lumber sill across the base of the open side to add stability.[2]

The shelter was built in 1935 by a crew of the CCC based at Camp Cross, which was located elsewhere in Housatonic State Forest. Crews from the same camp also built the Red Mountain Shelter in Mohawk State Forest. These two shelters were both located along what was then the route of the Appalachian Trail, but has since been rerouted further west. The Trail had been laid through the area by the state in 1930-33, and the CCC crews (active from 1933 to 1941) were responsible for opening this area of the forest to further recreational use. This shelter is one of two the CCC built in the immediate vicinity; the other, located about one mile to the north, has been demolished.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Mary McCahon (1985). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Cream Hill Shelter" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-01-30. Accompanying photos


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