Big Spring Historic District


Big Spring Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Big Spring Lodge, March 2006
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Location	E of Van Buren on MO 103, near Van Buren, Missouri
Coordinates	36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°W / 36.94861; -90.99306Coordinates: 36°56′55″N 90°59′35″W / 36.94861°N 90.99306°W / 36.94861; -90.99306
Area	315 acres (127 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)-1927, 1933-1937
Architect	Civilian Conservation Corps
NRHP Reference #	81000101
Added to NRHP	March 17, 1981

Big Spring Historic District is a national historic district located at Van Buren, Carter County, Missouri. It encompasses 26 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and contributing structure in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. It includes the Big Spring, rental cabins, service building, storage shed, garage, a museum, dining lodge, restroom, shelter house, ranger station, pump house, footbridge, and two picnic shelters. The structures represent the best features of park construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps in Missouri.