- City:
- Bedford, IN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Community Centers
- New Deal Agencies:
- National Youth Administration (NYA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The National Youth Administration (NYA) built the Wilson Park Shelter House in Bedford IN.
Originally picnic shelter, 2022 (apparently) storage building.
The material and workmanship of New Deal projects in Bedford, Indiana is remarkable. The city is the center of the Indiana limestone industry the, for example, provided the stone for the Empire State Building. Even the “park rustic” projects show a high level of fit and finish that is a credit to local stone workers.
Source notes
Building is marked with a plaque.
Site originally submitted by Doug Logan on October 15, 2022.
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