The Woman's Community Club Band Shell is a historic open-air

band shell In theater, a shell (also known as an acoustical shell, choral shell or bandshell) is a curved, hard surface designed to reflect sound towards an audience. Often shells are designed to be removable, either rolling away on wheels or lifting into ...

in Spring Park, a public park in downtown

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. 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. The band shell was listed on the

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in 1994.

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Band shells Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Event venues established in 1933 Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Arkansas 1933 establishments in Arkansas Rustic architecture in Arkansas History of women in Arkansas {{CleburneCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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