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Big Spring International Park is a large park located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. The park was built around its namesake "Big Spring", the original water source that the city of Huntsville was built around. The Huntsville Museum of Art and Von Braun Center are located in the park. The park is also notable as the venue for the Panoply Arts Festival, h…
Big Spring International Park is a large park located in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. The park was built around its namesake "Big Spring", the original water source that the city of Huntsville was built around. The Huntsville Museum of Art and Von Braun Center are located in the park. The park is also notable as the venue for the Panoply Arts Festival, held the last full weekend in April, Big Spring Jam, an annual music festival held on the fourth weekend in September from 1993 to 2011, and The Battle of the Buffalo, a buffalo wings competition held by the University of Alabama in Huntsville Alpha Tau Omega fraternity to support cancer research.
  • Location: W. Side Sq., Huntsville, Alabama
  • Area: 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) (park)
  • MPS: Downtown Huntsville MRA
  • NRHP reference No.: 80000704
  • Added to NRHP: September 22, 1980
Data from: en.wikipedia.org