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United States historic place
Camp Edwin F. Glenn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Barracks at Camp Edwin F. Glenn, March 2011
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LocationFort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates39°51′34″N 86°01′16″W / 39.85944°N 86.02111°W / 39.85944; -86.02111
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built byUnited States Army
NRHP reference No.95001360
Added to NRHPDecember 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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Gallery

  • Building 703 – April, 2016
  • Building 710 – April, 2016
  • Camp Edwin F. Glenn tent pads utilized by German and Italian WWII POWs – April, 2016

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "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

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