Jackson High School Football Stadium – Jackson MO

City:
Jackson, MO

Site Type:
Education and Health, Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Schools, Auditoriums and Arenas, Amphitheaters and Bandshells

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1938

Description

Completed in 1938, these concrete-based football stadium bleachers were constructed in a former quarry that furnished rock to many local New Deal projects. The stadium is still called “The Pit.”

Source notes

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on September 10, 2014.

Location Info


315 S Missouri
Jackson, MO 63755

Coordinates: 37.3795653, -89.669847

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