Mather Lodge is a historic park facility at Petit Jean State Park in

Conway County, Arkansas Conway County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Created as Arkansas's 11th county on October 20, 1825, Conway County has four incorporated municipalities, including Morrilton, Arkansas, Morrilton, the co ...

. It is the centerpiece of the park's developed infrastructure, providing lodging, a meeting and function space, and a restaurant for park visitors. The lodge was built in 1935 by a crew of the

Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government unemployment, work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was ...

, and is one of the fine examples of the CCC architecture of Petit Jean State Park. It is built in the Rustic style for which the CCC became well known. The lodge was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1992.

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National Register of Historic Places in Conway County, Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1935 Conway County, Arkansas Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas Rustic architecture in Arkansas {{ConwayCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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