Alley Spring State Park Historic District: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Regions 3, 4, & 5 Park Cultural Landscapes Program. 2010. Alley Spring State Park Historic District: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 500041. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. NPS Midwest Regional Office, Omaha, Nebraska / CRIS-CL Database
Inventory Unit Description: The Alley Spring State Park Historic District is a component of Ozark National Scenic Riverways, located along the Jacks Fork River about five miles west of the town of Eminence in Shannon County, Missouri. It is the site of the former Alley Spring State Park, which was first established in December 1924 and substantially developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from November 1933 to October 1934. On August 19, 2004, the Alley Spring State Park Historic District was determined to be of local significance by the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office and eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The 2009 recovery of a footlocker containing approximately 4,800 pages of original CCC documentation has led to a reevaluation of the significance and scope of the historic district. Several buildings and landscape features that were previously of undocumented origins have now been positively identified as CCC-constructed features. As a result, an expanded historic district has been identified, as well as a recommendation that the landscape be considered for state-level significance. Alley Spring State Park Historic District is significant under Criterion A for association with events significant to broad patterns of our history, and under Criterion C for embodiment of distinctive construction. The Alley Spring State Park Historic District covers an area of 231 acres, encompassing the most highly developed portion of the state park landscape. The period of significance spans from the establishment of the park in 1924 to the completion of State Route (SR) 106 in 1955. Planning for the highway began in 1928 as part of a state wide effort to increase accessibility to the new system of parks and construction of the route proceeded intermittently over the years as funding was available.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Regions 3, 4, & 5 Park Cultural Landscapes Program
- Date of Issue
- 2010-07-26
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- MWR , OZAR
- Keywords
- Alley Springs Roller Mill, architecture, CCC, CCC camp, Civilian Conservation Corps, entertainment-recreation, historic designed landscape, landscape architecture, mill, Missouri, naturalistic landscape design, rustic style, state park, tourism