List of American Legion buildings
This is a list of notable buildings associated with the American Legion.
Many hundreds of buildings have an association with the American Legion. This list focuses only on those significant architecturally or otherwise. It includes those documented in the National Register of Historic Places or a similar registry. Names of buildings include "American Legion Hall", "American Legion Post", "Building", "Hut", and variations. American Legion hall buildings are located throughout the United States, and perhaps in associated territories.
A number of NRHP-listed American Legion buildings were designed or built by the Civil Works Administration or the Works Progress Administration, two New Deal programs.
In the United States (ordered by state, then city)
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description | |
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1 | Jess Norman Post 166 American Legion Hut | ? built 2001 NRHP-listed |
35°16′54″N 91°22′4″W |
Augusta, Arkansas | Architecture includes square-notching; designed and/or built by the CWA[1] | |
2 | Bunch-Walton Post No. 22 American Legion Hut | 1934 built 2007 NRHP-listed |
201 Legion St. 35°28′17″N 93°27′29″W |
Clarksville, Arkansas | Civil Works Administration-built, Normanesque architecture[1] | |
3 | American Legion Hut-Des Arc | 1934 built 1995 NRHP-listed |
34°58′34″N 91°29′41″W |
Des Arc, Arkansas | WPA Rustic architecture[1] | |
4 | Hall Morgan Post 83, American Legion Hut | 1934 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
208 Sycamore St. 33°57′30″N 92°11′18″W |
Rison, Arkansas | Built by the CWA/WPA in Rustic architecture style[1] | |
5 | American Legion Post No. 127 Building | 1934 built 1992 NRHP-listed |
33°6′37″N 91°15′50″W |
Eudora, Arkansas | Works Progress Administration-built, in Rustic style.[1] | |
6 | Lynn Shelton American Legion Post No. 27 | 1940 built 1996 NRHP-listed |
28 S. College Ave. 36°3′43″N 94°9′26″W |
Fayetteville, Arkansas | "Plain traditional" architecture, NRHP-listed[1] | |
7 | Willie Lamb Post No. 26 American Legion Hut | 1937 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
205 Alexander St. 35°36′44″N 90°19′52″W |
Lepanto, Arkansas | Classical Revival architecture; NRHP-listed[1] | |
8 | American Legion Post No. 131 | 1935 built 1993 NRHP-listed |
Center St. W of jct. with Walnut St. 35°49′46″N 92°33′36″W |
Leslie, Arkansas | Designed and/or built by Lloyd Harness, WPA; NRHP-listed[1] | |
9 | Nashville American Legion Building | 1990 NRHP-listed | AR 27 W of Main St. 33°56′1″N 93°51′1″W |
Nashville, Arkansas | "Rubble architecture"; NRHP-listed[1] | |
10 | Newport American Legion Community Hut | 1934 built 1992 NRHP-listed |
Remmel Park, N of Remmel Ave. 35°36′3″N 91°16′32″W |
Newport, Arkansas | Rustic architecture; NRHP-listed[1] | |
11 | American Legion Post No. 121 | 1934 built 1995 NRHP-listed |
near Paris 35°16′33″N 93°44′3″W |
Paris, Arkansas | WPA Rustic architecture, NRHP-listed[1] | |
12 | Perryville American Legion Building | 1935 built 1990 NRHP-listed |
Plum and Main Sts. 35°0′18″N 92°48′12″W |
Perryville, Arkansas | Rustic architecture; NRHP-listed[1] | |
13 | Riggs-Hamilton American Legion Post No. 20 | 1936 built 1994 NRHP-listed |
215 N. Denver Ave. 35°16′48″N 93°8′9″W |
Russellville, Arkansas | Rustic architecture; NRHP-listed[1] | |
14 | American Legion Hall (Searcy, Arkansas) | 1939 built 1991 NRHP-listed |
Jct. of Race and Spruce Sts. 35°15′4″N 91°44′17″W |
Searcy, Arkansas | WPA architecture, designed and/or built by the Works Progress Administration[1] | |
15 | Beely-Johnson American Legion Post 139 | 1934 built 2007 NRHP-listed |
200 N. Spring St. 36°11′11″N 94°7′47″W |
Springdale, Arkansas | NRHP-listed[1] | |
16 | Estes-Williams American Legion Hut No. 61 | 1933 built 2001 NRHP-listed |
AR 62/412 36°13′34″N 92°40′49″W |
Yellville, Arkansas | Rustic architecture[1] | |
17 | American Legion Post No. 560 (Long Beach, California) | City of Long Beach-listed | 1215 E. 59th St. |
Long Beach, California | listed among the Long Beach historic landmarks | |
18 | American Legion Hall (Eads, Colorado) | 1938 built 2007 NRHP-listed |
near Eads 38°29′6″N 102°47′17″W |
Eads, Colorado | WPA architecture[1] | |
19 | Milton-Myers American Legion Post No. 65 | 1921 built 1995 NRHP-listed |
263 Northeast 5th Avenue 26°27′57″N 80°4′5″W |
Delray Beach, Florida | Mission Revival architecture[1] | |
20 | John Regan American Legion Hall | 1939 built 1982 NRHP-listed |
401 W. Idaho St. 43°36′18″N 116°11′51″W |
Boise, Idaho | Designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel[1] | |
21 | Nampa American Legion Chateau | 1931 built 1982 NRHP-listed |
1508 2nd St., S. 43°34′34″N 116°33′22″W |
Nampa, Idaho | Designed by Tourtellotte & Hummel[1] Chateau-style? | |
22 | American Legion Cabin | 1928 built 1986 NRHP-listed |
US Alt. 95 46°55′16″N 116°53′21″W |
Potlatch, Idaho | Bungalow/Craftsman architecture[1] | |
23 | American Legion Hall (Shoshone, Idaho) | 1928 built 198 NRHP-listed |
near Shoshone 42°56′4″N 114°24′25″W |
Shoshone, Idaho | Bungalow/Craftsman architecture[1] | |
24 | American Legion Memorial Building | 1939 built 2006 NRHP-listed |
201 Poplar St. 41°24′32″N 95°0′50″W |
Atlantic, Iowa | Moderne, Art Deco[1] | |
25 | Carl L. Caviness Post 102, American Legion | 1925 built 2006 NRHP-listed |
201 S. Main St. 41°0′53″N 93°18′31″W |
Chariton, Iowa | Designed by William L. Perkins[1] | |
26 | Newton County American Legion Post No. 89 Hut | 1934 built 2007 NRHP-listed |
MS 15 N, 0.4 mi. N of jct. Country Club Rd. |
Decatur, Mississippi | Rustic architecture,[1] houses Post No. 89 | |
27 | Leo Ellis Post No. 22, American Legion Building | 1935 built 1996 NRHP-listed |
804 Grant St. |
Princeton, Missouri | NRHP-listed[1] | |
28 | American Legion Hall (McGill, Nevada) | 1918 built 1994 NRHP-listed |
24 Fourth St. 39°24′13″N 114°46′42″W |
McGill, Nevada | Bungalow/Craftsman architecture, built by the Nevada Consolidated Copper Co.[1] | |
29 | Cushing American Legion Building | 1924 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
212 S. Noble |
Cushing, Oklahoma | NRHP-listed[1] | |
30 | American Legion Hut (Edmond, Oklahoma) | 1937 built 1993 NRHP-listed |
Jct. of Fifth and Little Sts., SW corner 35°39′0″N 97°28′47″W |
Edmond, Oklahoma | WPA architecture[1] | |
31 | American Legion Hut (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) | 1937 built 2006 NRHP-listed |
Tehlequah City Park, jct. of E Shawnee St. and N. Brookside Ave. 35°54′47″N 94°58′3″W |
Tahlequah, Oklahoma | "WPA Standardized Style"[1] | |
32 | American Legion Hut (Hampton, South Carolina) | 1933 built 2000 NRHP-listed |
Junction of Hoover St. and Jackson Ave. 32°52′19″N 81°7′3″W |
Hampton, South Carolina | NRHP-listed[1] Single-story, T-shaped cypress log building with truss roof[2] | |
33 | American Legion Building (Spartanburg, South Carolina) | 1937 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
94 W. Park Dr. 34°56′3″N 81°54′51″W |
Spartanburg, South Carolina | NRHP-listed[1] Colonial Revival style, granite building[3] | |
34 | Faulkton American Legion Hall | 1924 built 2005 NRHP-listed |
107 Eighth Ave. N 45°2′15″N 99°7′26″W |
Faulkton, South Dakota | Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements, Commercial Style[1] | |
35 | American Legion Building | 1935 built 2002 NRHP-listed |
35°55′34″N 88°27′28″W | Sparta, Tennessee | Classical Revival. The local American Legion post participated in its construction during the Great Depression, and purchased the building in 1946. | |
36 | American Legion Hall (Olympia, Washington) | 1921 built 1987 NRHP-listed |
219 W. Legion Way47°2′35″N 122°54′8″W | Olympia, Washington | NRHP-listed[1] | |
37 | Jackson Hole American Legion Post No. 43 | 1929 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
43°28′55″N 110°45′40″W |
Jackson, Wyoming | A log building, designed by Charles Fox[1] | |
38 | Site of Ferdinand Branstetter Post No. 1, American Legion | 1969 NRHP-listed | US 20 42°39′45″N 104°5′36″W |
Van Tassell, Wyoming | Site of demolished first post of the American Legion, which in 1969 was hoped to be the future location of an interpretative sign and possibly a restored post building.[4] | |
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "American Legion Hut, Hampton County (Hoover St. & Jackson Ave., Hampton)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- "American Legion Building, Spartanburg County (94 W. Park Dr., Spartanburg)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- Barnhart, Bill (July 9, 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ferdinand Branstetter Post No. 1, American Legion". National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-11.