Otis Park and Golf Course

Tunnelton Rd., Bedford, Indiana. County/parish: Lawrence.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 20, 2002. NRIS 02001560.

5 contributing buildings. 4 contributing sites. 8 contributing structures. 5 contributing objects.

From Wikipedia:

Otis Park and Golf Course

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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132003714

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