Near Hamlin in Monroe County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Building a Park

— Hamlin Beach State Park —

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 11, 2015

1. Building a Park Marker

Inscription. Originally called Northwest Beach Park when Monroe County began its development in 1929, the park's name was changed to Hamlin Beach State Park when New York State took title in January 1938. Company 1252 of the Civilian Conservation Corps arrived at the park in 1935. Over the next six years, its men constructed roads, trails, fountains, culverts, drinking fountains, parking lots, recreational facilities, walls, jetties, thirty fireplaces, and six buildings here.

This aerial photograph shows Camp SP-53 on Moscow Road, where CCC Company 1252 made its home from August 1935 to August 1941. All photographs courtesy Hamlin Town Historian.
Company 1252 stands at attention on front of its barracks.
This photograph shows the interior of the CCC camp's recreation hall where CCC enrollees would relax and unwind.
This entrance sign welcomed visitors to the newly designated state park.
From 1933 to 1942, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) rescued roughly two million men from poverty and provided them with jobs doing sorely needed coservation work during America's worst economic crisis, the Great Depression. CCC Company 1252 was
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housed at Hamlin Beach from 1935-1941.

Erected by Hamlin Beach State Park.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. In addition, it is included in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1929.

Location. 43° 21.735′ N, 77° 57.03′ W. Marker is near Hamlin, New York, in Monroe County. It is on Hamlin Beach State Park Road half a mile north of Lake Ontario Parkway, on the right when traveling west. Marker is on a walkway that begins at the northwest corner of Area 1 parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hamlin NY 14464, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in 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,

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 11, 2015

2. Left Detail

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The CCC Goes to Work (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); A New Park (approx. 0.2 miles away); The West Shelter (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bathhouse (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hamlin No. 14 (approx. 3 miles away); Norway Colony (approx. 3.3 miles away); First Settlers (approx. 3.7 miles away); Peerson Home (approx. 4.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hamlin.

Right Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 11, 2015

3. Right Detail

Building a Park Marker and Area 1 Parking image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 11, 2015

4. Building a Park Marker and Area 1 Parking

Northward from Area 1 Parking image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Anton Schwarzmueller, April 11, 2015

5. Northward from Area 1 Parking

Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 23, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York. This page has been viewed 488 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 23, 2015, by Anton Schwarzmueller of Wilson, New York.