Location Information
(for the Legion State Park)
Name:Legion State Park
Address:635 Legion State Park Drive
City/County:Louisville vic., Winston County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1934-37
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:05 Nov 1998
NR District Name:Legion State Park (1998)
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:01-25-1995
Recorded:03-22-1995
Book/Vol. No.:V. 224, p. 659
Context/Comments
Legion State Park was begun in 1934 and was opened in 1937. It was the fourth of ten parks built in Mississippi by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.

The older area of this park was was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 25 January 1995 and was placed on the National Register as the Legion State Park Historic District on 5 Nov 1998.

Legion State Park is included in “Buildings of Mississippi” (2020) (p.207, CH20).