Lake Corpus Christi State Park Refectory Tower
Description
Lake Corpus Christi State Park is situated along Lake Corpus Christi southwest of Mathis, Texas. The land was leased from the City of Corpus Christi in 1934 and the 356-acre park was opened the same year. The park is currently administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Lake Corpus Christi State Park was developed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 886. In 1934, the company formed Camp Kleberg, named for local Congressman Richard Mifflin Kleberg, a supporter of early New Deal programs including the CCC. The enrollees worked at Lake Corpus Christi until their transfer to Palmetto State Park in October 1936.
The CCC built Park Road 25 through the park. The CCC also built the refectory, the pump house and a staircase to an overlook all which stand in the park today. A boat house and small triple arch bridge the CCC built were submerged when a twenty foot taller dam was built in 1958 to increase the storage capacity of the reservoir. The structures were built from blocks that were cast by hand on site using a mixture made from locally plentiful lime-rich caliche soil mixed with cement.
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The CCC hand cast the blocks used to build the refectory and other structures in the park.
Lake Corpus Christi State Park Refectory
The CCC hand cast the blocks used to build the refectory and other structures in the park.
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The staircase leads to an overlook of the lake.
Lake Corpus Christi State Park Grand Staircase
The staircase leads to an overlook of the lake.
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The pump house roof doubles as a viewing platform.
Lake Corpus Christi State Park Pump House
The pump house roof doubles as a viewing platform.
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A view of Lake Corpus Christi from the refectory tower.
Lake Corpus Christi
A view of Lake Corpus Christi from the refectory tower.
Source notes
https://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/lake-corpus-christi https://texascccparks.org/parks/lake-corpus-christi/
Project originally submitted by Larry Moore on June 10, 2014.
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