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Lacey-Keosauqua Park - Keosauqua, IA
National Historic Register - 1990

Bathing Area; Lodge and Picnic Area; Picnic and Custodial Group

The historic stone structures within the park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Depression Era. The Stone Lodge, lake bath house and bridges are constructed from 325 million year old gray limestone of the Pella Formation quarried within the park from ledges exposed along Wesley Creek. Picnic shelters and park residence are built of brown dolomite of the St. Louis Formation taken from quarries west of the park along Chequest Creek.

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