1938 Clark St., Whiting, Indiana. County/parish: Lake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 08, 1980. NRIS 80000044.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Whiting Memorial Community House, also known as Whiting Community Center, is a historic community center in Whiting, Indiana. It was built in 1923, and is a two-story, steel frame building faced in rough red brick and in an eclectic style. It has a hipped red tile roof, scattered gables and arches, and concrete bracket and medallion detailing. The building houses an auditorium, meeting rooms, an indoor track, gyms, lockers, a bowling alley, and a swimming pool. The Standard Oil Company built it for the city of Whiting.
The Whiting Memorial Community House was also the original home of the Whiting Ciesar All-Americans of both the Midwest Basketball Conference and the succeeding National Basketball League (back when the building was potentially originally named the Whiting Community Building) before the Ciesar All-Americans moved to Hammond, Indiana for their final few seasons of existence in the NBL.
It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132003691