Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. County/parish: Marion.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 01, 1995. NRIS 95001360.
19 contributing buildings. 360 contributing structures.Also known as:
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.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132003797