Starve-Hollow State Recreation Area Fish Hatchery – Vallonia IN

City:
Vallonia, IN

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Hatcheries

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1939

Description

Building was the hatchery office, since replaced by a pole barn to the South (Building now empty). More recent development is to the south (an additional pond, a property manager’s residence), and west of the lower ponds (headquarters and maintenance buildings). Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1937 and 1939.Starve-Hollow State Recreation Area Fish HatcheryStarve-Hollow State Recreation Area Fish Hatchery

Source notes

DNR Historic Site and Structures Inventory; Outdoor Indiana 1937-1942; Department of Conservation Annual Reports 1937-1942

Site originally submitted by Indiana DNR, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology on September 15, 2015.

Location Info


Driftwood State Fish Hatchery
Vallonia, IN 47281
Jackson County

Coordinates: 38.808997, -86.082939

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