Beeds Lake State Park

Beeds Lake State Park
Iowa State Park
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Franklin

Location	Hampton
- elevation	1,135 ft (346 m) ^[1]
- coordinates	42°46′13″N 93°15′16″W / 42.77028°N 93.25444°W / 42.77028; -93.25444Coordinates: 42°46′13″N 93°15′16″W / 42.77028°N 93.25444°W / 42.77028; -93.25444

Area	319 acres (129 ha)

Founded	1934
Management	Iowa Department of Natural Resources

Location of Beed's Lake State Park in Iowa
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Beeds Lake State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Bathhouse
Area	79.89 acres (32.33 ha)
Built	1934-1938
Architect	Central Design Office, Ames
Architectural style	Rustic
MPS	CCC Properties in Iowa State Parks MPS
NRHP Reference #	90001672^[2]
Added to NRHP	November 15, 1990

Beeds Lake State Park is located northwest of Hampton, Iowa, United States. It was listed has a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places as Beeds Lake State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area in 1990.^[2] At the time of its nomination it contained 21 resources, which included one contributing building, 15 contributing structures, and five non-contributing structures.^[3] The 319-acre (129 ha) park surrounds a 99-acre (40 ha) reservoir. It features hiking trails, boating, fishing, swimming, camping, picnic areas and shelters, lodges and concessions.

History

Springbrook Creek was damned and a sawmill was built in 1857. A flour mill was established two years later. The property was bought by William Beed in 1864 and he continued the operation until 1903-1904. The dike washed-out between 1910 and 1913, and the mill was taken down in 1916. The following year the 40-acre (16 ha) mill pond was drained. The local Izaak Walton League desired to create a 120-acre (49 ha) lake as early as 1926. They were able to buy options for 254 acres (103 ha) in 1933. The City of Hampton and several civic organizations bought the property the following year and presented it to the State of Iowa. The city requested that the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) develop a 258.68-acre (104.68 ha) park.

The CCC worked from 1934 to 1938 developing the park. They set up camp in the Franklin County Fairgrounds. The dam and spillway were constructed between 1934 and 1936. They began filling the lake by August 1937. Five fish rearing ponds were created from 1936 to 1937 to the east of the lake on 15 acres (6.1 ha) bought by the State Board of Conservation in 1935. A causeway was created on top of the old dike. The bathhouse was built between 1935 and 1936, and a footbridge was built in 1937. The beach adjacent to the bathhouse was completed in October 1936. The boulders for the spillway and bathhouse construction came from adjacent fields.^[3] Other minor structures, which include a flagstone walk and roadways, are also considered historic and were built by the CCC. The park officially opened on June 5, 1938. The non-contributing structures were all built after the CCC's involvement.

References

↑ "Beeds Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1979-04-30. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Joyce McKay. "Beeds Lake State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-06.

Protected areas of Iowa

Federal

National Monument	Effigy Mounds

National Historic Site	Herbert Hoover

National Wildlife Refuges	DeSoto Driftless Area Neal Smith Northern Tallgrass Prairie Port Louisa Union Slough Upper Mississippi River

State

State Parks	Ambrose A. Call Backbone Badger Creek Banner Lakes at Summerset Beeds Lake Bellevue Big Creek Black Hawk Brushy Creek Cedar Rock Clear Lake Dolliver Memorial Elk Rock Elinor Bedell Emerson Bay Fairport Fort Defiance Geode George Wyth Memorial Green Valley Gull Point Honey Creek Lacey-Keosauqua Lake Ahquabi Lake Anita Lake Darling Lake Keomah Lake MacBride Lake Manawa Lake of Three Fires Lake Wapello Ledges Lewis and Clark Maquoketa Caves Marble Beach McIntosh Woods Mines of Spain & E.B. Lyons Mini-Wakan Nine Eagles Okamanpedan Palisades-Kepler Pikes Peak Pikes Point Pilot Knob Pillsbury Point Pine Lake Pleasant Creek Prairie Rose Preparation Canyon Red Haw Rice Lake Rock Creek Springbrook Stone Templar Trapper's Bay Twin Lakes Union Grove Viking Lake Volga River Walnut Woods Wapsipinicon Waubonsie Wildcat Den Wilson Island

State Forests	Backbone Barkley Gifford Holst Loess Hills Pilot Mound Shimek Stephens White Pine Hollow Yellow River

State Preserves	A.F. Miller Ames High Prairie Anderson Prairie Behrens Pond and Woodlands Berry Woods Bird Hill Bixby Bluffton Fir Stand Brush Creek Canyon Brushy Creek Cameron Woods Casey's Paha Catfish Creek Cayler Prairie Cedar Bluffs Cedar Hills Sand Prairie Cheever Lake Clay Prairie Claybanks Forest Cold Water Spring Crossman Prairie Decorah Ice Cave Dinesen Prairie Doolittle Prairie Fallen Rock Fish Farm Mounds Five Ridge Prairie Fleming Woods Fort Atkinson Freda Haffner Kettlehole Gitchie Manitou Hanging Bog Hardin City Woodland Hartley Fort Hayden Prairie Hoffman Prairie Indian Bluffs Primitive Area Indian Fish Trap Iowa's State Preserves System Kalsow Kish-Ke-Kosh Prairie Lamson Woods Liska-Stanek Prairie Little Maquoketa Malanaphy Springs Malchow Mounds Manikowski Prairie Mann Wilderness Area Marietta Sand Prairie Mericle Woods Merrill A. Stainbrook Merritt Forest Montauk Mossy Glen Mount Pisgah Cemetery Mount Talbot Nestor Stiles Prairie Ocheyedan Mound Old State Quarry Palisades-Downs Pecan Grove Pellett Woods Pilot Grove Pilot Knob Retz Woods Roberts Creek Rock Creek Island Rock Island Roggman Boreal Slopes Rolling Thunder Prairie Saint James Lutheran Church Savage Woods Searryl's Cave Sheeder Prairie Silver Lake Fen Silvers-Smith Woods Slinde Mounds Starr's Cave Steele Prairie Stinson Prairie Strasser Woods Sylvan Runkel Toolesboro Mounds Turin Loess Hills Turkey River Mounds White Pine Hollow Williams Prairie Wittrock Indian Village Woodland Mounds Woodman Hollow Woodthrush

County

State Parks (Leased)	Bobwhite Cold Springs Crystal Lake Eagle Lake Echo Valley Frank A. Gotch Heery Woods Lake Cornelia Lake Icaria Kearny Margo Frankel Mill Creek Oak Grove Oakland Mills Pammel Sharon Bluffs Spring Lake Swan Lake Three Mile Lake

Iowa Department of Natural Resources

National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Iowa

Hampton	Beeds Lake State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area H.E. Boehmler House Franklin County Courthouse Franklin County G. A. R. Soldiers' Memorial Hall Franklin County Sheriff's Residence and Jail Hampton Double Square Historic District Dr. O.B. Harriman House Maysville Schoolhouse Reeve Electric Association Plant Leander Reeve House St. John's Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church Historic District

Iowa Falls	Herman Wood Round Barn

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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