Master Plan for Lee Memorial Park Proposed By: The Lee Park Committee Presented to: Petersburg City

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Master PlanforLee Memorial ParkProposed
ByThe Lee Park Committee Presented
toPetersburg City CouncilPetersburg, Virginia
January 20, 2004
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Project Goals of the Master Plan

• Preserve and Protect the Natural Environment
• Interpret the Historic Civilian Conservation
• Core Garden
• Preserve the Historic Significance of the Park
• Develop Physical Park Improvements that Allow
  for the Successful Administration of Passive
  and Active Recreation

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Vicinity Map
I-85
Defense Rd.
S. Crater Rd.
South Blvd.
Johnson Rd.
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Aerial View of Park
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Cooper Memorial Field
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Cooper Memorial Field
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Willcox Lake
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Willcox Lake
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Fishing on Willcox Lake 2003
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Bath House
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Bath House
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Park Residence
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Picnic Shelter
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Picnic Shelter
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Existing Conditions
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Existing Edge Conditions
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Existing Edge Conditions
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WPA Wildflower Bird Sanctuary
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Flowers in Lee Park
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Plants in Study Field
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• Dam Spillway
• Defense Road Bridge
• Lieutenants Run

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Master Plan - Lee Memorial Park
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Willcox Lake
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Lakes Head Site Scheme A
Willcox Lake
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Lakes Head Site Scheme B
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Site Plan Scheme 1Environmental Education
Center
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Site Plan Scheme 2Environmental Education
Center
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• Honoring the Visual Character
• Of 1930s Rustic Park Architecture built by
  theWPA and the CCC

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Environmental Education Center
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Environmental Education Center
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Willcox Lake Bridge
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Willcox Lake Overlook
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Section Thru Path
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Granite Site Details

• Sustainability/Low-Maintenance
• Honors Original Park Design Themes

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Granite Site Details

• Sustainability/Low-Maintenance
• Honors Original Park Design Themes

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Trail Markers
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Bessie Marshall Watercolors
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Bessie Marshall Watercolors
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Bessie Marshall Watercolors
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Master PlanforLee Memorial ParkProposed
ByThe Lee Park Committee Presented
toPetersburg City CouncilPetersburg, Virginia
January 20, 2004