Camp Edwin F. Glenn
Camp Edwin F. Glenn | |
 Barracks at Camp Edwin F. Glenn, March 2011 | |
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| Location | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°51′34″N 86°01′16″W / 39.85944°N 86.02111°W |
| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built by | United States Army |
| NRHP reference No. | 95001360[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1995 |
Camp Edwin F. Glenn is a national historic district located at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. It encompasses 19 contributing buildings and 360 contributing structures in a former military camp. The district developed between about 1925 and 1941. It originally served as a Citizens' Military Training Camp from 1925 to 1941, a camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1941, and a Prisoner of War camp from 1944 to 1945. The district includes six warehouses, five mess halls, five lavatories, a branch exchange, butcher shop, latrine, and 360 concrete tent pads.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
Gallery
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Building 703 – April, 2016 -
Building 710 – April, 2016 -
Camp Edwin F. Glenn tent pads utilized by German and Italian WWII POWs – April, 2016
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 August 1, 2016. Note: This includes Technical Assistance Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (January 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Camp Edwin F. Glenn" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs
External links
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Media related to Camp Edwin F. Glenn at Wikimedia Commons