Big Spring Historic District
Big Spring Historic District | |
Big Spring Lodge, March 2006 | |
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Location | E of Van Buren on MO 103, near Van Buren, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°WCoordinates: 36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°W |
Area | 315 acres (127 ha) |
Built | 1925 | -1927, 1933-1937
Architect | Civilian Conservation Corps |
NRHP Reference # | 81000101[1] |
Added to NRHP | March 17, 1981 |
Big Spring Historic District is a national historic district located at Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and contributing structure in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. It includes the Big Spring, rental cabins, service building, storage shed, garage, a museum, dining lodge, restroom, shelter house, ranger station, pump house, footbridge, and two picnic shelters. The structures represent the best features of park construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Missouri.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Milton F. Perry and Jill M. York (June 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Big Spring Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
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