Wilson Park Community Building – Bedford IN

City:
Bedford, IN

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Community Centers

New Deal Agencies:
National Youth Administration (NYA), Work Relief Programs

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The National Youth Administration built the Wilson Park Community Building in Bedford IN. Originally a shelter house, now (2022) a community building, features high-quality stone work including a large fireplace visible in pictures on the City of Bedford web page.

 

Source notes

Report of Activities, July, 1935 - June, 1936, National Youth Administration for Indiana, Indianapolis, 1935, page 2.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Youth_Administration_in_Ind/iywqAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

"2400 Workers Hold Bedford Jobs" Indianapolis Star, June 20, 1936, clipping in the collection of the Lawrence County Historical Society, accessed 1/22/2022.

https://bedford.in.us/ViewFacility.aspx?FID=9

Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on October 15, 2022.

Location Info


1102 16th St
Bedford, IN 47421
Lawrence County

Coordinates: 38.861145, -86.477962

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3 comments on “Wilson Park Community Building – Bedford IN

  1. Ken Hackney

    From the Bedford Times Mail newspaper Jan. 13, 1934
    13 Jan 1934, Sat The Times-Mail (Bedford, Indiana) Newspapers.com

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  1. Ken Hackney

    From the Bedford Times Mail newspaper Jan. 13, 1934
    13 Jan 1934, Sat The Times-Mail (Bedford, Indiana) Newspapers.com

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