Camp Misty Mount Historic District

Camp Misty Mount is located in Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont, Maryland. The camp was built by the Works Progress Administration labor program in the development of what was then known as the Catoctin Mountain Recreational Development Area, and comprises 35 rustic log buildings including sleeping cabins, administrative buildings and lodges. All were built between 1935 and 1938. The buildings are a simplified version of the National Park Service Rustic style. Misty Mount is used as a public cabin-camping facility.[2]

Camp Misty Mount Historic District
Camp Misty Mount Historic District is located in Maryland
Camp Misty Mount Historic District
Camp Misty Mount Historic District is located in the United States
Camp Misty Mount Historic District
LocationPark Central Road, Thurmont, Maryland
Coordinates39°38′31″N 77°26′55″W
Area72 acres (29 ha)
Built1937 (1937)
ArchitectWPA; NPS
Architectural styleNPS rustic architecture
MPSECW Architecture in Catoctin Mountain Park MPS
NRHP reference No.89001582[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1989

Misty Mount is also known as Camp 1: Camp 2 is Camp Greentop and Camp 3, originally called Camp Hi-Catoctin and located at a much higher elevation, became Camp David.

Camp Misty Mount Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Sara Amy Leach (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Camp Misty Mount Historic District" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved January 1, 2016.

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