Bard Springs Picnic Shelter

Bard Springs Picnic Shelter
Nearest city Athens, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°23′27″N 94°0′34″W / 34.39083°N 94.00944°W / 34.39083; -94.00944Coordinates: 34°23′27″N 94°0′34″W / 34.39083°N 94.00944°W / 34.39083; -94.00944
Area less than one acre
Built 1936 (1936)
Architectural style Rustic
MPS Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP Reference # 93001076[1]
Added to NRHP October 20, 1993

The Bard Springs Picnic Shelter is a historic recreational support facility in Ouachita National Forest. It is located at the Bard Springs recreation site, southeast of Mena and north of Athens in Polk County, off County Road 82 and Forest Road 106 on the banks of Blaylock Creek. It is a square open-air structure, with four rustic stone columns supporting a gabled roof. The foundation is stone, with the support columns set in concrete blocks. It was built in 1936 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and is one of four surviving CCC structures (the others are two dams and a bathhouse) in the immediate area.[2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Bard Springs Picnic Shelter" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-05-01.


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