Cooper's Rock State Forest Superintendent's House and Garage is a historic home and

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located at Cooper's Rock State Forest near Morgantown,

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. The house was built between 1938 and 1940, and is a two-story, symmetrical log building, measuring 35 feet by 43 feet. Also on the property is a contributing garage also of log construction. Both buildings were built by the

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, CCC camp number 3527, Camp Rhododendron. It was listed on the

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in 1991. The Superintendent's House was heavily damaged by a fire on April 7, 2017.

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