- City:
- Vernon, IN
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Vernon Gym in Vernon IN.
Originally K-12 school with a gymnasium. Now a community building offering classroom and studio space and the gymnasium.
Source notes
Book: Kyle Neddenriep, "Historic Hoosier Gyms: Discovering Bygone Basketball Landmarks," The History Press, 2010, cites WPA construction of the Vernon school.
WPA record card OPN 465-52-2-297 (3/21/1936), image in collection of Lawrence County Historical Museum, Bedford, Indiana, accessed 1//7/2023, concerns construction of the Vernon school as continuation of OPN 165-1-52-21.
Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on January 29, 2023.
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