Arthur Simmons Stables Historic District

{{Short description|Historic district in Missouri, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Arthur Simmons Stables Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd|nocat=yes

| image = Arthur simmons Stables Mexico Missouri.jpg

| caption = Arthur Simmons Stables, June 2015

| location= 621 and 701 W. Blvd., Mexico, Missouri

| coordinates = {{coord|39|09|51|N|91|53|25|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Missouri#USA

| built = {{Start date|1887}}

| architect OR builder =

| architecture = commercial horse stables

| added = December 4, 2004

| area = {{convert|5.7|acre}}

| refnum = 04001286{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Arthur Simmons Stables Historic District, also known as the Clark & Potts Combination Sales Barn, Lee Brothers Barn, B. O. Tucker Stables, and Dincara Stables, is a historic stable complex and national historic district located at Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri. The district encompasses six contributing buildings and five contributing structures built between 1884 and 1954. They include the Arthur Simmons Stables (1887, 1943), Maternity Stables (1949), Hook Barn (c. 1935, c. 1948), Farrier's Shed (c. 1949), Storage Shed (c. 1949), Grain Bin #1 and #2 (c. 1949), East and West Tracks, Wood Fencing (c. 1945), and the Arthur Simmons House (1954). The stables were one of the most recognized training centers in the American Saddlebred industry.{{cite web| url =http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/04001286.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Arthur Simmons Stables Historic District | access-date = 2016-09-01| author=Roy F. Moeller & Bobette Wilson, and Becky L. Snider | date=n.d.|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}}[https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/Simmons%20Stables.pdf Simmons stables]mostateparks.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517184927/https://mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/Simmons%20Stables.pdf |date=May 17, 2021 }}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.