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Shell Community Hall

 

 
 

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Located in Shell, Big Horn County, Wyoming, the Shell Community Hall was built between December 1933 and March 1934 with funding assistance from the Civil Works Administration.  The Shell Community Hall is significant on a local level under Criterion A, because of its association with the Civil Works Administration and its significance to the social history of Shell, Wyoming.  It meets the registration requirements for Wyoming’s Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) Depression Era Federal Projects in Wyoming, 1929-1943.   

The Shell Community Hall was built to create a space for community social events, business meetings, and school programs, etc. as well as to increase employment in the community during a time of high unemployment.  The hall is an example of the positive and lasting impact that Great Depression New Deal Programs had on small communities in Wyoming.  The Shell Community Hall is one of a few remaining Civil Works Administration buildings in Wyoming.  Despite two additions made to the building (one addition made during the period of significance and one addition made outside of the period of significance), it maintains its integrity.  The area surrounding the Shell Community Hall has changed very little in the years since the building's construction.  The Shell Community Hall continues to be used as originally intended - it is a community center hosting school events, sporting events, and business meetings as well as weddings and dances –  the hall maintains integrity of feeling and association.       

 

 
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Date Added to Register:
Monday, January 3, 2022
 
Location:
Shell
 
County:
Big Horn County
 
Smithsonian Number: 
48BH4677

 

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