Camp Edwin F. Glenn is a national historic district located at

Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president, Benjamin Harrison. History In 1901, ...

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. 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 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...

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. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1995.

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File:Building 703.jpg, alt=, Building 703 – April, 2016 File:Building 710.jpg, alt=, Building 710 – April, 2016 File:Camp Edwin F. Glenn Tent Pads Utilized by German and Italian WWII POWs.jpg, alt=, Camp Edwin F. Glenn tent pads utilized by German and Italian WWII POWs – April, 2016

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Prisoner-of-war camps in the United States Civilian Conservation Corps in Indiana Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Historic districts in Indianapolis National Register of Historic Places in Indianapolis Temporary populated places on the National Register of Historic Places {{MarionCountyIN-NRHP-stub