Branson City Park Historic District

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Branson City Park Historic District
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LocationJct. of St. Limas and Oklahoma Sts., Branson, Missouri
Coordinates 36°38′45″N93°12′50″W / 36.64583°N 93.21389°W / 36.64583; -93.21389
Arealess than one acre
Built1934 (1934)
Built by Works Progress Administration
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS Taneycomo Lakefront Tourism Resources of Branson MPS
NRHP reference No. 93000874 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1993

Branson City Park Historic District was a national historic district located at Branson, Taney County, Missouri. The district encompassed one contributing site and two contributing structures built between 1934 and 1943 as part of a Works Progress Administration project. They were the Mang Field Bleachers, Mang baseball field and the Stone Bleachers. The bleacher structures were good examples of the use of rustic native stone by means of the slab rock technique. [2] The park has been demolished and replaced with The Branson Landing.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. David M. Quick (December 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Branson City Park Historic District" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved February 1, 2017. (includes 8 photographs)