Otis Park and Golf Course is a historic park, golf course, and national historic district located at Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, four contributing sites, eights contributing structures, and five contributing objects in a park originally established in 1923 and donated to city of Bedford in 1935. It was largely developed as a Works Progress Administration project between 1937 and 1941, and includes examples of Classical Revival and Bungalow / American Craftsman style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the band shell (1939), rock garden, bathhouse, clubhouse, four picnic shelters (1938), shelter house, and gazebo.[2]
Otis Park and Golf Course | |
 Otis Park Golf Club, fairway and William A. Ragsdale House, December 2010 | |
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| Location | Tunnelton Rd., Bedford, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 38°51′31″N 86°27′17″W / 38.85861°N 86.45472°W |
| Area | 145 acres (59 ha) |
| Built | 1923 |
| Architect | Pearson, Henry; Cezar, Joe |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, WPA |
| NRHP reference No. | 02001560[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 20, 2002 |
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It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Jennifer Anderson; Mary Margaret Stripp & Amy Walker (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Otis Park and Golf Course" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
