Fort Decatur Recreation Center – Decatur AL

City:
Decatur, AL

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Parks and Recreation, Military and Public Safety, Armories

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1938

Description

Originally constructed as an armory, what is now the Fort Decatur Recreation Center was constructed in 1938 with federal funds. The building “was designed by Carolyn Cortner Smith, Alabama’s first licensed female architect.”

Living New Deal believes the Works Progress Administration (WPA) provided support for construction of the armory.

Source notes

"The WPA Guide to Alabama: The Camellia State," by the Federal Writers' Project. https://www.decaturparks.com/account-sub.php?accountid=40&cn=252 https://www.decaturparks.com/account-sub.php?accountid=54&cn=226

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 24, 2015.

Location Info


610 4th Ave. SE
Decatur, AL 35601

Coordinates: 34.598836, -86.982290

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