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

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

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Summary

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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Date

1939 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Work Projects Administration
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Schmitz, Shaun, photographer
Austin, David C, historian
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Location

Knob Noster (Mo.)38.76668, -93.55855
Google Map of 38.7666798, -93.55854579999999
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Source

Library of Congress
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