Camp Black Lake
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NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 expiration date 03/31/2022 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. 1. Name of Property Historic name: _Camp Black Lake_____________________________________________ Other names/site number: _Ocqueoc Outdoor Center_______ Name of related multiple property listing: ___N/A________________________________________________________ (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Location Street & number: __7142 Ocqueoc Lake Road___________________________ City or town: __Ocqueoc Township___ State: ___MI__ County: _ Presque Isle_________ Not For Publication: Vicinity: ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this _X nomination ___ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ___ meets ___ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance: ___national _X_ statewide ___local Applicable National Register Criteria: _X_ A ___B ___C ___D DRAFT Signature of certifying official/Title: Date ______________________________________________ State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 1 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Camp Black Lake Presque Isle County, MI Name of Property County and State In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. Signature of commenting official: Date Title : State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that this property is: entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) _____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply.) Private: Public – Local X Public – State DRAFT X Public – Federal Category of Property (Check only one box.) Building(s) District X Sections 1-6 page 2 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Camp Black Lake Presque Isle County, MI Name of Property County and State Site Structure Object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) Contributing Noncontributing _____ 8_______ ______2______ buildings _____0_______ ______0______ sites _____0_______ ______0______ structures _____0_______ ______0______ objects _____8_ ______ 2______ Total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register _____N/A____ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) DOMESTIC/camp____ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ DRAFT ___________________ Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions.) RECREATION AND CULTURE/outdoor recreation ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Sections 1-6 page 3 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Camp Black Lake Presque Isle County, MI Name of Property County and State _____________________________________________________________________________ 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions.) Other: CCC Camp____ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Materials: (enter categories from instructions.) Principal exterior materials of the property: Asphalt, wood, cement shingle_____ Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance and condition of the property. Describe contributing and noncontributing resources if applicable. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, type, style, method of construction, setting, size, and significant features. Indicate whether the property has historic integrity.) ______________________________________________________________________________ Summary Paragraph Camp Black Lake is one of two extant Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Michigan, and the only remaining veterans’ camp. The seventeen-acre, military-style campus was operated continuously by the CCC between 1933 and 1941 and remains largely intact within its original rural forested lakeside setting,DRAFT although some of the original buildings have been lost. The original tarpaper and batten siding on the buildings has been replaced with cement shingle siding, somewhat detracting from the integrity of materials and workmanship. However, the eight original buildings still retain integrity of location, design, setting, feeling, and association. Two barracks, a wash house, mess hall, administrative headquarters, hospital, garage and oil storage building have been retained. Two non-contributing buildings, a frame and a log classroom, are similar to the original buildings in scale. Their placement, at a distance from the primary building axis, does not detract from the overall historic setting. The property is currently owned and operated by Presque Isle County as a camp for youth and adult groups, outdoor education, special events, and as a public park. The site is surrounded by state forest property on three sides, protecting it from infringement by development. Section 7 page 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service / National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No. 1024-0018 Camp Black Lake Presque Isle County, MI Name of Property County and State ______________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Camp Black Lake is located on a seventeen-acre, county-owned parcel within the Mackinaw State Forest (formerly the Black Lake State Forest). The property includes ten major buildings; eight of them are original structures built for and occupied by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1933 to 1941. The site still displays a military-style plan, with primary buildings laid out on a north/south axis. The United States Army constructed and maintained the camp, and army headquarters are situated at the top of the axis. The next building southward is the camp mess hall. Barracks were originally arranged in three pairs south of the mess hall, one on either side of a central north/south walkway. Three original barracks remain along the walkway, one now used as a washhouse and game room. Three barracks are missing but their placements can be seen in a 1937 site plan. All buildings on the main axis are modular in form, built as temporary structures to be erected quickly by inexperienced workers. The barracks buildings are simple, twenty-by-one-hundred- foot rectangles with gabled roofs oriented east/west, perpendicular to the main walkway. The mess hall’s main module is oriented north/south, serving as a large camp dining hall, with an east/west oriented wing added off the central dining area for cooking and meal preparation. The army headquarters building just north of the mess hall forms a reverse “L,” with the east/west bottom module originally used for office space and the north/south wing used for supervisory staff living area. The barracks, washhouse, mess hall and headquarters modules were all built with wood framing members and sheathing, tarpaper and wood batten siding and rolled asphalt roofing. The tarpaper and batten siding was subsequently replaced (after the period of significance) by cement shingle siding, and the rolled roofing replaced by a corrugated asphalt roofing product. The interiors of these structures are largely unmodified and the majority of the windows are original. The barracks originally were heated with barrel stoves, removed when the camp changed to summer-only operation as a youth outdoor education center. Three extant camp buildings are located outside the primary site axis and are of different forms