Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Frame Residence, 149 feet/311° from Brick Residence No. 1, Charleston

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The government camp for Civilian Conservation Corps workers was established southwest of the Deer Creek Dam site in and was disbanded in with the completion of the dam's construction. The CCC was a federal work program introduced by President F. D. Roosevelt's historic New Deal plan in as a response to massive unemployment spurred by the Great Depression. The CCC workers housed at the Deer Creek camp played a major role in the construction of the Deer Creek Dam and the Provo River Project at large. They provided labor for railroad and highway reconstruction; dismantling of the old railroad grade and structures; clearing of the damsite and other project lands; and manual labor on the construction projects themselves, such as hand excavation and form building at the dam.

The Deer Creek Dam was constructed as the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Provo River Project, the largest water resource development project undertaken in Utah. It was the second largest earth fill Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Frame Residence HABS No. UT-137-C (page 2) dam constructed by Reclamation at the time, and Reclamation's first project intended to provide domestic water. The Provo River Project followed a precedent of 40 Federal reclamation projects that had been or were nearly completed by Its construction was during a significant period of accelerated American infrastructure development founded on technological investment intended to make the West a sustainable, viable, and profitable landscape.

The CCC workers housed at the Deer Creek camp played a significant role toward these ends. For additional information regarding the construction of the Deer Creek Dam, refer to "Deer Creek Dam," HAER No. UT-93. Project Statement: This HABS project was undertaken by the Utah Department of Transportation in order to document the historic features of the camp prior to the realignment and improvement of U. S. Highway 189 in the area. Preparation for construction of the project's Deer Creek portion has been underway since the and the work is expected to begin in The field work, site plan, historical reports, and photographs were prepared by Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., Montrose, Colorado. Jonathon C.

Horn served as the Principal Investigator, and Gianfranco Archimede conducted the fieldwork, historic research, large-format photography, and report preparation.

Source document Quoted word for word from HABS UT-137-C. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

Gianfranco Archimede, Alpine Archaeological Consultants, Inc., April Deer Creek Dam, CCC Government Camp, Frame Residence HABS No. UT-137-C (page 3) The Frame Residence is one of three residential structures at the CCC Government Camp site. It was most likely moved from its original location near the Duchesne Tunnel around 1 It is the westernmost of the three houses, all of which are on the inside of the residential loop road and face north. The single-story, T-shaped, cross-gabled, wood frame house has a full concrete basement that projects about 2 feet above grade with periodically-spaced small vents. The house is covered in horizontal shiplap wood siding.

The main portion is 22 by 35 feet, oriented generally north-south, with a 12 by 24-foot (north-south axis) gabled projection to the west, offset slightly to the north. No chimney or stovepipes are apparent. The gable roof is covered with tin shingle-patterned roofing material, and has projecting eaves with boxed fascia, and wooden-louvered vents high in each of the gable ends. The main entrance is on the east end of the north side. It is accessed by four concrete steps from the north leading to the center of a 4 by 8-foot (east-west axis) concrete porch covered by a projecting gable roof supported by decorative wrought iron posts. The steps and porch are enclosed by iron railings. The entrance stair is connected to the residential loop road by a short concrete walkway.

To the west of the entrance porch is a group of eight-light, fixed wood sash windows. A rear entry is on the east end of the south elevation of the main wing. Five concrete steps lead onto a 3 by 4-foot (east-west axis) concrete porch covered by a projecting gable roof supported from below by angled wooden brackets. Iron rails are on both sides of the porch and the east side of the steps. To the west of the door is a group of three horizontal six-light, fixed wood sash windows. Four regularly spaced windows are present on the east elevation. From south to north, these are one six-by-six, sliding wood sash; one boarded over window opening; one one-over- one double hung wood sash; and a pair of six-over-six, double hung wood sash.

Pairs of six-over-six, double hung, wood sash windows are central on the north and west sides of the projecting wing, and a single window of the same type is on the east side. The house has a 29 by 38-foot poured concrete slab behind it (south side) that is used as a parking area today. 1 State of Utah Historic Site Form, Utah Office of Preservation, "Deer Creek Reservoir Dam Complex prepared by Michael R. Polk, Sagebrush Archaeological Consultants, p. 2.