{"id":233,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-11-04 14:05:18","latitude":35.8806340000000005829861038364470005035400390625,"longitude":-78.7585308000000026140696718357503414154052734375,"title":"Crabtree Creek Recreational Demonstration Area","subtitle":"","fullsize":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/27239651d58552439f90899865385edb.jpg","address":"8801 Glenwood Avenue","all_locations":[],"zoom":16,"creator":["RHDC"],"description":"Better known as Umstead State Park, Crabtree Creek Recreational Demonstration Area is a public works project that converted worn-out and subpar farmland into a recreational park during the Depression. In the short term, the project supplied work for young, unskilled men who joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as well as work for the architects, foresters, and engineers who designed the project and trained the workforce. The CCC workers planted forests on old farm fields, created lakes, and built the rustic-style bridges, roads, trails, picnic areas, and camp facilities that are characteristic of CCC projects. Today, the park contains the region&#039;s best collection of New Deal rustic architecture and landscape design.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nPeriod of Significance: 1934 – 1941","sponsor":"Raleigh Historic Development Commission","accessinfo":"","lede":"A public works project provided relief for the unemployed and a much-used state park for Raleigh.","website":"","related_resources":["<a href=\"https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR10/crabtree-creek-recreational-demonstration-area-nrhd-report.pdf\">Crabtree Creek Recreational Demonstration Area National Register Nomination Form</a>","<a href=\"https://raleighnc.gov/planning/services/crabtree-creek-recreational-demonstration-area-historic-district\">Crabtree Creek Recreational Demonstration Area city webpage</a>"],"factoids":["<b>Preservation Tool Highlight: National Register of Historic Places - Historic District</b><br /><br />This place is a National Register Historic District. The federal government designated this area for its united historic or architectural significance. This type of historic district is largely honorary. It is not subject to local design review.<br /><br />The National Register is the official list of the nation’s places worthy of preservation. Historic research and architectural survey work help identify these places. The work is often grant funded through local municipalities. The National Park Service (NPS) administers the program. The list includes both historic districts and individual properties. National Register listing gives access to historic rehabilitation tax credit programs. It is a largely honorary historic designation with no extra local regulation. Because of this, demolition usually goes unchecked in National Register areas. Some federally funded projects must consider whether they will negatively impact historic places. If so, they must work with the local community to try to mitigate their adverse effects."],"files":{"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/fullsize/27239651d58552439f90899865385edb.jpg":{"id":1169,"mime-type":"image/jpeg","title":"crabtree-creek-michael-zirkle-photography.jpg","description":"","thumbnail":"https://mail.raleighhistoric.org/files/square_thumbnails/27239651d58552439f90899865385edb.jpg"}}}