Enfield Glen Reservation Park Amenities Destroyed (Robert H. Treman State Park) 1935

Enfield Glen Reservation, now Robert H. Treman State Park (renamed in 1938), suffered extensive damage during horrific flooding in the heavy rains of July 1935. Beginning in 1933, young men from the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps program worked at the park, doing masonry work, planting trees, shrubs and grass, building roads, bridges, and water systems, and erecting park buildings. After the disastrous flooding in 1935, they were brought back to repair the damaged facilities that had only just been recently completed.

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IMAGE 1: The ruined bathhouse and Enfield Glen near Ithaca. The swimming pool was entirely destroyed and the creek changed course. 1935.

IMAGE 2: Robert H. Treman Park - ca. early 1930s.

IMAGE 3: The Old Mill - ca. early 1920s.

Images courtesy of The History Center in Tompkins County, 2022.

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