The Port Allegany Community Park
The HOGAN 1949
The Hogan (a shelter for the park) was a development of the historical Navaho
pole and clay structure. The appropriate form was executed with rough lumber
and native stone. The rigors of climate, vandalism, and poor maintenance (reflecting
a disinterested citizenry) led to dismantling of the super-structure. The
Port Allegany Community Park (around 1930) was initially conceived, planned,
financed, and built by members of the Rotary Club with widespread assistance
from citizens of the area. Its physical development from a rustic picnic ground
to the present educational and recreational complex included, among many other
features, the structures designed by Raymond Viner Hall.