- City:
- Pine Village, IN
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Elementary school gymnasium (February 2023), formerly a high school gymnasium. The gym will be demolished in March 2023 because deterioration of the concrete walls is not repairable.
Source notes
Interview with Pine Village Elementary School principal, Ms. Carmine Akers, 2/21/2023. Ms. Akers remembers a WPA dedication plaque, now lost, on the exterior of the building from attending the school as a child.
Marc Viquez, "Pine Village Gym to Come Down in March", Stadium Journey, February 4, 2023, https://www.stadiumjourney.com/stadiums/pine-village-gym-to-come-down-in-march
Kyle Neddenriep, "'This gym is something special.' A community's goodbye to Indiana basketball landmark.", Indianapolis Star, January 31, 2023 (online, article appeared in the print edition 2/5/2023, https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/01/31/indiana-high-school-basketball-gyms-pine-village-to-be-demolished-unique-small/69852951007/
Kyle Neddenriep, "Historic Hoosier Gyms: Discovering Bygone Basketball Landmarks," The History Press, Charleston, SC, 2010.
Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on February 23, 2023.
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