Madison Brown Gymnasium Improvements – Madison IN

City:
Madison, IN

Site Type:
Education and Health, Gymnasiums

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

Started:
1935

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Originally the high school gymnasium, built in 1924, now a city recreation facility. Improved by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), including extensive repairs after the disastrous flood of 1937.

Source notes

Image of WPA record card, OPN 165-52-5098, held by Lawrence County Historical Museum, Bedford, IN.

WPA plaque on site.

Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on January 27, 2023.

Location Info


100 Broadway St
Madison, IN 47250
Jefferson County

Coordinates: 38.735, -85.383764

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