Pine-Hickory Lakes Roadside Parking Area (RPA), a state highway wayside rest built in 1937-1938, is eligible for the National Register under Criterion A, significance to the broad patterns of our history, and Criterion C, design significance, in the areas of Politics/Government and Landscape Architecture. The property meets the registration requirements of the 'Waysides and Overlooks' subsection of 'Social and Recreational Facilities' in the Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) entitled 'Federal Relief Construction in Minnesota, 1933-1943.' The property is a good example of the earliest and largest wayside rests built by the Minnesota Department of Highways (MHD) Roadside Development Division and represents the state's early efforts to improve highway safety and aesthetics and encourage the state's growing automobile tourism industry. It is a good example of the fruits of collaboration between the MHD, the National Youth Administration (NYA), and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The property was designed in the National Park Service (NPS) Rustic Style by prominent Minnesota landscape architect Arthur R. Nichols collaborating with Harold E. Olson of the MHD Roadside Development Division. It embodies and illustrates defining.
Pine-Hickory Lakes Roadside Parking Area highway wayside rest
Pine-Hickory Lakes Roadside Parking Area highway wayside rest