Camp Edwin F. Glenn

Camp Edwin F. Glenn

Barracks at Camp Edwin F. Glenn, March 2011
Location Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°51′34″N 86°01′16″W / 39.85944°N 86.02111°W / 39.85944; -86.02111Coordinates: 39°51′34″N 86°01′16″W / 39.85944°N 86.02111°W / 39.85944; -86.02111
Area 18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built by United States Army
NRHP Reference # 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]

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 2016-08-01. 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 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs


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