Big Spring Historic District

Big Spring Historic District
Big Spring Lodge, March 2006
LocationE of Van Buren on MO 103, near Van Buren, Missouri
Coordinates36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°W / 36.94861; -90.99306
Area315 acres (127 ha)
Built1925 (1925)-1927, 1933-1937
ArchitectCivilian Conservation Corps
NRHP reference No.81000101[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 November 1, 2016.