Montserrat Recreation Demonstration Area, Retaining Walls, Route 132 South of McPherson Street, North Entrance to Park, Knob Noster, Johnson County, MO

Significance: Built by workers of the Work Projects Administration in 1939, the stone retaining walls, built to control soil erosion, reflect the larger objectives of conservation and reclamation in the development of the Montserrat Recreational Demonstration Area.

Survey number: HABS MO-1926-B

Building/structure dates: 1939 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 85000508

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1939 - 1980

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