1832 Johnson Rd., Petersburg (Independent City), Virginia. County/parish: Petersburg.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 14, 2000. NRIS 00000896.
2 contributing buildings. 3 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures.Also known as:
Legends Park (Formerly Lee Memorial Park) is a historic park and national historic district located at Petersburg, Virginia. The district includes two contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing structures. They are the park superintendent's house, the bathhouse, Willcox Lake reservoir, the Civil War earthworks, the park's system of roadways, paths and trails, the park's general topography and the Lee Park Wild Flower and Bird Sanctuary created by the Works Progress Administration between 1935 and 1940. As part of the W.P.A. project, Petersburg artist Bessie Niemeyer Marshall painted 238 watercolors of Lee Park herbarium specimens.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682536