Banneker Community Center Gymnasium
Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums
Completed: 1940
Quality of Information: Very Good
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The National Youth Administration built the Banneker Community Center Gymnasium in Bloomington IN. The gymnasium is now part of a Bloomington Parks and Recreation community center, in what was originally a segregated school, built in 1915, for African-American children.
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Banneker Community Center Gymnasium
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Commemorative plaque by Bloomington Parks and Recreation noting gym construction by NYA
Banneker Community Center plaque
Commemorative plaque by Bloomington Parks and Recreation noting gym construction by NYA
Source notes
State historical marker in front of the building describes the gym as added in 1940. That date suggested New Deal programs. Commemorative plaque inside the former school credits the gymnasium to NYA.
Project originally submitted by Doug Logan on December 30, 2022.
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