Home to a museum honoring Jimmie Rodgers, a Meridian native, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

The history of Highland Park begins in the late 19th century when the area was used as the Meridian Fair and Livestock Exposition.

A promenade connected the platform with a small pool, a carousel house, a large loveseat, a bronze statue honoring Israel Marks, and a gazebo.

In the western section of the park, there were two picnic shelters, a small toilet facility, and a terraced amphitheater.

Also, a Parks and Recreation office, a museum honoring Jimmie Rodgers, a steam locomotive and caboose, children's playground equipment, and the Frank Cochran Center have been added since.

[8] Its house, also in the National Historic Landmark listing, is the only remaining original carousel building built from a Dentzel blueprint.

[6] The park houses a Jimmie Rodgers museum honoring the Meridian-born country legend and displaying the original guitar of the so-called "Singing Brakeman," along with other memorabilia of his life and career and various railroading equipment from the steam engine era – Meridian's "golden age".

[10] Arts in the Park, held on the first Saturday in April,[9] provides a multi-discipline venue for artists, craftsmen, musicians and performers.