- City:
- Bloomington, IN
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Colleges and Universities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Artist:
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Designer:
- A.M. Strauss
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In the 1930s through the early 1940s, Indiana University’s Bloomington campus was expanded through New Deal funding. The construction of the IU Auditorium (formerly the Hall of Music) began in 1938 with PWA funding. The Auditorium is built with Southern Indiana limestone and houses Thomas Hart Benton’s “Century of Progress” murals.
Source notes
Personal research Auditorium plaque University Board of Trustee minutesSite originally submitted by Jessica George on October 25, 2015.
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