Hill Crest Community Center Explained

Hill Crest Community Center
Location:505 N. Eighth St., Clinton, Indiana
Coordinates:39.6736°N -87.4069°W
Built:, 1922
Architect:Pursell, Isaac
Architecture:Queen Anne, Prairie School, Colonial Revival
Added:December 15, 1997
Refnum:97001555

Hill Crest Community Center is a historic community centre complex located at Clinton, Vermillion County, Indiana. The complex was built between 1911 and 1922 and consists of three interconnected buildings. The chapel was designed by architect Isaac Pursell and built in 1911. It is a -story, brick building with Queen Anne style design elements. The gymnasium / auditorium building was added in 1922, and is a barrel-vaulted roofed brick building with Late Colonial Revival style design elements. The two-story, brick Prairie School style residence was also added about 1922. The community center provided a focus of community service to the immigrant population of Clinton.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hill Crest Community Center. 2016-07-01. Camille B. Fife and Thomas W. Salmon, II. PDF. December 1996. and Accompanying photographs