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
Walker Field Shelterhouse | |
 Walker Field Shelterhouse, July 2013 | |
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| Location | 1305 Ewing Ave., South Bend, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 41°39′2″N 86°16′10″W / 41.65056°N 86.26944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 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 No. | 06000876[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 2006 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "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