11th Annual Pierce City Arts Festival with 4th annual Jolly Mill 5k and Race
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Event Details
Family friendly arts festival at Jolly Mill Park.
Hands on art workshops, live art demonstrations, free Root Beer Float 1-2pm.
11th Annual Pierce City Arts Festival with 4th annual Jolly Mill 5k and Race
Phone : 417-489-3041 (Always call and confirm events.)
Email Address : nama1990k@gmail.com
Web: www.piercecityartsfestival.webs.com
Festivals
Attractions and Upcoming Events
Theron Bennett Home
Theron Bennett, nationally known ragtime composer, lived in Pierce City until returning from college 1902 when he left to begin a career where his unseen future would become the past that we can now recall as his successful contribution to the music world.
Pierce City, MO Famous Homes1922 Bandstand
The bandstand was damaged in the May 4, 2003, tornado but the base still stands in its original location on Walnut Street. The historic bandstand was rebuilt with a red roof (its original color) and rededicated in May 2004.
Pierce City, MO Historic Downtowns
First National Bank Building (no longer standing)
THIS BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED AFTER SUSTAINING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE MAY 4, 2003, TORNADO.
The old First National Bank building was located next to the bandstand was built in the 1890s. After the Lawrence County Bank (on the opposite corner) was dissolved in the mid-1920
Pierce City, MO ArchitectureSt. Patrick's Church
Catholicism in Peirce City is as old as the town itself when in 1870 the Frisco railroad laid the first tracks through here going west to Kansas. Many of the railroaders were Irish Catholics.
Pierce City, MO Historic Churches