Otis Park and Golf Course
Otis Park and Golf Course | |
Otis Park Golf Club, fairway and William A. Ragsdale House, December 2010 | |
| 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 |
Otis Park and Golf Course is a historic park, golf course, and national historic district located at Bedford, 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]
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References
- ^ 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.