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Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls

  • Also Known As: Decature Turner Hall
  • Also Known As: Webster Hall Girl's Welfare Home
  • Address: 736 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls
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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Bainum, C.S. Architect
Swen A Clausen Architect
1919/00/00

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Particulars for Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Historic Use Institutional housing
Historic Use Meeting hall
Owner Private
Architectural Style Queen Anne
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival
Historic Use Secondary structure
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 14th August 2004

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Decatur and Macon County Welfare Home for Girls
Registry Address: 736 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Registry Number: 99000982
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Bainum, C.S.; Clausen, Swen A.
Architectural Style: Queen anne, Colonial revival
Attribute: Romanesque
Contributing Buildings: 2
Other Certification: Listed in the National Register, Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Removed from National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event
Significant Year: 1919
Historic Function: Social, Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Institutional housing, Meeting hall, Secondary structure
Current Function: Vacant, not in use
Current Sub-Function:

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