- City:
- Michigan City, IN
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Armories
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designer:
- John P. Parrish
- Marked:
- Yes
Description
What is presently the Indiana Army National Guard Armory was constructed as the Michigan City Naval Armory with the assistance of Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. A plaque states the completion date as October 1939.
Source notes
Nationwide Context, Inventory, and Heritage Assessment of Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps Resources on Department of Defense Installations, July 2009, Table C-2 - List of WPA Projects on Military Installations under Current DoD Control, page C-223, https://denix.osd.mil/cr/archives/historic/historic-structures-districts-and-landscapes-historic-contexts-archives/report-part-4/
Plaque
Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on May 3, 2022.
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