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North Liberty Park
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Main Entrance to North Liberty park, September 2013
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Location309 N. Jefferson St., North Liberty, Indiana
Coordinates 41°32′16″N86°25′45″W / 41.53778°N 86.42917°W / 41.53778; -86.42917
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1935 (1935), 1937
ArchitectWorks Progress Administration
MPS New Deal Resources in Indiana State Parks MPS
NRHP reference No. 07000211 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 2007

North Liberty Park, also known as North Liberty Community Park, is a historic public park and national historic district located at North Liberty, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The district encompasses two contributing buildings, one contributing site, three contributing structures, and two contributing objects in a public park. It was developed by the Works Progress Administration in 1935 and 1937. They constructed the ornamental fieldstone entrance structures, a footbridge, bandshell, tool shed, bath house, and other fieldstone features. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [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. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved July 1, 2016.Note: This includes Glory-June Grieff (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Liberty Park" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs