- City:
- Seymour, IN
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Gymnasiums
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1941
- Designer:
- Everett I. Brown Co.
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration built the James M. Shields Memorial Gymnasium in Seymour IN.
Former high school gymnasium, now (February 2023) all but abandoned by a private owner. Perennial presence on Indiana Landmarks’ Ten Most Endangered list.
Source notes
Indiana Landmarks, "Shields Memorial Gymnasium," accessed 2/13/2023
https://www.indianalandmarks.org/endangered-property/shields-memorial-gymnasium/
"Seymour’s Shields Gym, A Beautiful Tragedy," accessed 2/13/2023
https://oldstadiumjourney.com/seymours-shields-gym-a-beautiful-tragedy/
Site originally submitted by Gina Logan on February 13, 2023.
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