Meridian State Park - Meridian TX

City:: Meridian, TX
Site Type:: Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Picnic and Other Facilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Dams
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Started:: 1933
Completed:: 1934
Designers:: E.A. Dixon, John W. Wilder, Olin Smith, Paul R. Roesle

Description

Meridian State Park is located along the 98th meridian on the edge of a natural transition zone between prairie and hill country. The land was acquired from private owners between 1933 and 1935 and the 505.4-acre park opened to the public in 1935. The park is currently administered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Meridian State Park was developed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1827(V), comprised of World War I veterans. The CCC developed the park using local limestone and timber, primarily oak and cedar. The CCC built the entrance portal, roads, vehicle bridges, culverts, the concession building, which included a pergola and the dam that impounds Lake Meridian. The CCC built barbeque pits that are no longer in use. Picnic tables and a bath house were designed but not built.