- City:
- McComb, MS
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1939
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Percy Quin State Park was cleared and constructed by the members of the camp at Percy Quin, established August 16, 1935 (CCC Legacy). The park opened in 1939 after 4 years of construction, and was the 9th of 10 state parks built by the CCC in Mississippi. The rustic pavilion was completed in 1938. The lodge and group cabins were brick, in a Colonial Revival design, atypical of most CCC constructed state park facilities. Lake Tangipahoa, part of the state park, was reported to have been constructed by Works Progress Administration in 1936 (Clarion-Ledger).
Source notes
Clarion-Ledger. (26 July 1936). p. 8 Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy. Retrieved May 24, 2017 from https://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camps_Mississippi.html Percy Quin State Park. Retrieved May 24, 2017 from https://mdwfp.com/parks-destinations/state-parks/percy-quin/ Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Historic Resources Inventory. Percy Quin State Park. Retrieved May 24, 2017 from https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=facts andhttps://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?id=25319&view=facts&y=1200Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on May 25, 2017.
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