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
Coordinates 38°51′31″N 86°27′17″W / 38.85861°N 86.45472°W / 38.85861; -86.45472Coordinates: 38°51′31″N 86°27′17″W / 38.85861°N 86.45472°W / 38.85861; -86.45472
Area 145 acres (59 ha)
Built 1923 (1923)
Architect Pearson, Henry; Cezar, Joe
Architectural style Classical Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, WPA
NRHP Reference # 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, 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]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. 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 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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