Woman's Community Club Band Shell

United States historic place

Significant dates

Woman's Community Club Band Shell
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property


35°29′34″N 92°1′33″W / 35.49278°N 92.02583°W / 35.49278; -92.02583
Area	less than one acre
Built	1933 (1933)
Architect	King, Leo
Architectural style	Rustic
Part of	Heber Springs Commercial Historic District (ID09000266)
NRHP reference No.	94000849^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1994
Designated CP	May 1, 2009

The Woman's Community Club Band Shell is a historic open-air band shell in Spring Park, a public park in downtown Heber Springs, Arkansas. It is a roughly rectangular structure, built out of local fieldstone, with the main half-dome shell formed out of concrete. The sides of the shell are articulated by pilasters, which also appear at the building corners. The rear of the building is enclosed, provide dressing room space for performers. The shell was built in 1933, replacing an older wood-frame performance pavilion.^[2]

The band shell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Woman's Community Club Band Shell". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-28.