Walker Field Shelterhouse

Walker Field Shelterhouse

Walker Field Shelterhouse, July 2013
Location 1305 Ewing Ave., South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates 41°39′2″N 86°16′10″W / 41.65056°N 86.26944°W / 41.65056; -86.26944Coordinates: 41°39′2″N 86°16′10″W / 41.65056°N 86.26944°W / 41.65056; -86.26944
Area less than one acre
Built 1938 (1938)
Architect Goffeney, Otto Julius; Works Progress Administration
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
MPS New Deal Work Relief Projects in St. Joseph County, Indiana MPS
NRHP Reference # 06000876[1]
Added to NRHP September 27, 2006

Walker Field Shelterhouse is a historic park shelter located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was constructed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration. It is a one-story, "T"-shaped fieldstone building. It consists of a gable roofed section with attached hipped roof arcades enclosing space for a wading pool. The central section features three wide segmental arched openings.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Glory-June Grieff (August 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Walker Field Shelterhouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs


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