Gibsonville Camp 40, State Park 17, was the second of four camps established in the park. After the site was approved and selected in September 1933, unemployed local carpenters and workmen began constructing the camp’s buildings with lumber from the park’s sawmill. The camp reached its full complement of officers, civilian employees, and 200 enrollees in November 1933. Its facilities included five barracks, quarters for officers and civilians, a camp office, infirmary, mess hall, latrine, garage, recreation building, and an auditorium with seating for 500 people, a stage, and an indoor basketball court. The camp chimney was restored by the Friends of Letchworth Park in 2017. The camp was part of the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1942, a federal works project created to relieve unemployment and conserve natural resources during the Great Depression.