- City:
- Plevna, KS
- Site Type:
- Gymnasiums, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
- Designer:
- Ken Miller
- Contractor:
- Kelly Brothers
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Public Works Administration (PWA) approved & appropriated $20,947 toward the construction of this auditorium/gymnasium at what had been the high school in Plevna, Kansas in Aug. 1937. The school board raised another $20,000 in bonds. The building was completed in July 1938. It sat 500 for basketball and 1000 auditorium style. Features included dressing and shower rooms for both boys and girls; two additional rooms designed for manual arts and domestic science; and even a projection booth for motion pictures. Engineers on the project were Hefling-Hughes of Hutchinson.
The structure is located at the southeast corner of S Main St. and E 3rd Ave.
Source notes
https://www.facebook.com/ThisGirlLovesKansas/photos/school-auditorium-at-plevna-kansas-i-like-the-1930s-look-of-the-building/1403018643169399/
https://www.dankalal.net/2011trip11/trip.html
Also numerous mentions of the Plevna auditorium construction in the Hutchinson News, including:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/8305325/?terms=plevna%20auditorium&match=1
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on August 6, 2023.
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