- City:
- Evansville, IN
- Site Type:
- Community Centers, Civic Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A community center at First Avenue and Franklin St. in Evansville, Indiana, which has since been torn down, was constructed with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The facility was also home to a WPA sewing project that provided employment for 750 women.
Source notes
WPA Related Resources Available at IUB Wells Library - WPA in Indiana: "Caudell, Marcia, Deborah Jones, Ben Jessup and Marti Reeser. "WPA Library Projects in Indiana." Indiana Libraries, Volume 20, Number 1, 2001. 7-14."
WORKERS ALLIANCE PLANS PUBLICATION OF PAPER, Evansville Courier and Press, Jan. 30, 1936 (pg. 10): https://www.newspapers.com/image/760205713/
Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on August 27, 2015.
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The old Crescent Furniture later served as the WPA headquarters More info and pictures https://www.historicevansville.com/site.php?id=crescentfurniture