Riverview Park (Hannibal, Missouri)

Riverview Park
Location 2000 Harrison Hill, Hannibal, Missouri
Coordinates 39°43′29″N 91°22′18″W / 39.72472°N 91.37167°W / 39.72472; -91.37167Coordinates: 39°43′29″N 91°22′18″W / 39.72472°N 91.37167°W / 39.72472; -91.37167
Area 465 acres (188 ha)
Built 1909 (1909)
Architect Simonds, Ossian Cole; Simonds and West
Architectural style Prairie Style Landscape
NRHP reference # 05000998[1]
Added to NRHP September 6, 2005

Riverview Park is a historic prairie style public park located at Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri. It was established in 1909, and built through 1929 according to plans developed by noted landscape architect Ossian C. Simonds. The park includes the caretaker's house (1880s), three scenic overlooks with retaining walls, the concrete stairway, the driving path, the logging road, the statue of Mark Twain (1913), and the memorial stone and plaque. The park encircles the 17 acres that form the city's Water Department's facilities.[2]:5-6, 8

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Karen Bode Baxter, Matthew Cerny, and Mandy K. Ford. (July 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Riverview Park" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 12 photographs from 2003)


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