2790 Georgia Hwy. 190, Pine Mountain, Georgia. County/parish: Harris.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 25, 1997. NRIS 97001273.
80 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 30 contributing structures. 112 contributing objects.Also known as:
F.D. Roosevelt State Park is a 9,049 acres (36.62 km2) Georgia state park located near Pine Mountain and Warm Springs. The park is named for former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who sought a treatment for his paralytic illness in nearby Warm Springs at the Little White House. The park is located along the Pine Mountain Range. The western portion of the park, formerly named Pine Mountain State Park, was named a National Historic Landmark in 1997. F.D. Roosevelt State Park is Georgia's largest state park.
Several structures in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the Great Depression, including a stone swimming pool and Roosevelt's favorite picnic spot at Dowdell's Knob, overlooking the valley below. President Roosevelt would take polio patients with depression along on picnics at Dowdell's Knob.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206777