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Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility

Coordinates: 38°46′32″N 75°26′15″W / 38.77556°N 75.43750°W / 38.77556; -75.43750
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Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility
Ellendale Picnic Area in 2018
Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility is located in Delaware
Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility
Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility is located in the United States
Ellendale State Forest Picnic Facility
LocationU.S. Route 113, ½ mile south of Delaware Route 16 in Georgetown Hundred, Ellendale, Delaware
Coordinates38°46′32″N 75°26′15″W / 38.77556°N 75.43750°W / 38.77556; -75.43750
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1938–1939
Built byDelaware State Forester, Civilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
NRHP reference No.91000913[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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