Lake Wedington Historic District

 park, recreation area / ground, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, vernacular (architecture), New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic man-made lake and associated recreational facilities, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: 1936-1937
Architect: Paul Young (Fayetteville, AR)
Architectural style: Rustic
Areas of significance: Architecture; Conservation; Social History
Area: about 170 acres
Structures:
- 6 stone cabins
- bath house
- boathouse
- lodge building
- forest ranger's office
- concessionaire's residence
- storage building
- picnic shelter
- pump house
- dam and associated spillway
Date added to NRHP: 9/11/1995
Other designations: U.S. Historic District
Notes: This lake and recreation area was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.