- City:
- Converse, IN
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, City and Town Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Designer:
- John Horan
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the City Hall in Converse IN.
It was built in 1937 with $32,000 (80%) of the cost funded by PWA according to the NRHP Registration Form. “[…] the building cost $40,000; the town sold an $8,000 bond issue to cover their portion and the PWA supplied $32,000 for labor and materials”
Source notes
Newspaper item about opening the new facility gives a cost of $50,000 but does not mention either federal agency. (Indianapolis Times, December 16, 1938, page 1, col 1).
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=233717
National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/1a852fca-2724-479e-898b-e82a4c53e981
Site originally submitted by Gina Logan on June 11, 2025.
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