Castile in Wyoming County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Site of St Helena Camp 76, SP 37
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 4, 2021
1. Site of St Helena Camp 76, SP 37 Marker
This sign is part of the Letchworth State Park CCC Legacy Pathway honoring the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942), a federal works project designed to relieve unemployment and conserve natural resources during the Great Depression.
An advanced attachment of enrollees arrived in May 1934 for the Park's third CCC camp: St. Helena Camp 76, SP (State Park) 76. For several months they lived in tents as their wooden barracks were being built. Over five hundred people, including CCC officials, local dignitaries and park officials attended the dedication of the finished camp held October 4, 1934. The camp operated for almost 24 months, closing in the spring of 1936. There were proposals for public use of the abandoned camp and the Wyoming County Fair was held there in the summer of 1936. However, since the camps were meant to be temporary, enrollees from the surviving camps razed the buildings in January 1937.
Erected 2021 by The CCC Legacy Pathway at Letchworth State Park was supported with funding from NYS Park and Trail Partnership Program (NYSPTPP) and the NYS Environmental Protection Fund. NYSPTPP is administered by Parks and Trails - New York, in partnership with NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
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Location. 42° 37.127′ N, 77° 59.692′ W. Marker is in Castile, New York, in Wyoming County. It can be reached from Middle Lower St. Helena Road east of Park Road, on the right when traveling north. Located in Letchworth State Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Castile NY 14427, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Helena (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); CCC Camp 76, SP 37 at Work (about 800 feet away); Gardeau Tract (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wolf Creek (approx. 0.8 miles away); Site of Camp 23, Sp 5 - Letchworth State Park's first camp (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Civilian Conservation Corps (approx. 1.3 miles away); Welcome to Big Bend Camp 23, SP 5 (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gardeau Overlook (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Castile.
Also see . . .
1. Letchworth State Park
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 4, 2021
2. Site of St Helena Camp 76, SP 37 Marker
2. Letchworth State Park (Wikipedia). (Submitted on August 17, 2021, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 4, 2021
3. St. Helena Camp 76, circa 1935. The photograph was taken from a location up the hill from this sign.
A - Park Quarters
B - Administration Bldg.
C - Officer's Quarters
D - Army Garage
E - Dining Hall / Kitchen
F - Recreation Hall
G - Tool House / Repair Shop
H - Barracks 1 -5
I - Storage Garage
J - Infirmary
K - Lavatory / Latrine
L - Blacksmith's Shop
M - Storage
N - Chlorinator House
O Incinerator
B - Administration Bldg.
C - Officer's Quarters
D - Army Garage
E - Dining Hall / Kitchen
F - Recreation Hall
G - Tool House / Repair Shop
H - Barracks 1 -5
I - Storage Garage
J - Infirmary
K - Lavatory / Latrine
L - Blacksmith's Shop
M - Storage
N - Chlorinator House
O Incinerator
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 4, 2021
4. Marker Detail
Buildings in the camp photograph can be identified using this contemporary engineering map of the St. Helena Camp. The photograph was taken from the left of the map.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 31, 2021
5. Marker Detail
The Mess Hall at St. Helena could seat at least 200 men. The officers had a separate mess.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 31, 2021
6. Marker Detail
Interior of one of the Camp's five barracks. Note the many windows for cooling and the stoves for heating.
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, August 13, 2021
7. Sign on Park Rd indicating the turn into the St Helena area.
Credits. This page was last revised on September 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 336 times since then and 18 times this year. Last updated on August 17, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 14, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. 3, 4. submitted on August 17, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. 5, 6, 7. submitted on August 31, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Michael Herrick was the editor who published this page.
