Big Spring Historic District

Big Spring Historic District

Big Spring Lodge, March 2006
Location E of Van Buren on MO 103, near Van Buren, Missouri
Coordinates 36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°W / 36.94861; -90.99306Coordinates: 36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°W / 36.94861; -90.99306
Area 315 acres (127 ha)
Built 1925 (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. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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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