Chester in Thayer County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Municipal Auditorium

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 1, 2012

1. Municipal Auditorium Marker

Inscription. The Chester Municipal Auditorium was a 1938 WPA project intended for social and recreational uses. It was built at a cost of $29,340 with much of the labor done by hand.

Erected 2010 by Thayer County Visitors Committee.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Sports. In addition, it is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1938.

Location. 40° 0.687′ N, 97° 37.111′ W. Marker is in Chester, Nebraska, in Thayer County. It is at the intersection of Thayer Avenue and Howard Street, on the left when traveling south on Thayer Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chester NE 68327, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Nebraska’s Smoky Hills,

in Eastern Nebraska and in the Republican River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and on the prairies.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Home of 6 Man Football (approx. 0.3 miles away); Friedensau (approx. 10.1 miles away); The Hebron CCC And POW Camps (approx. 10.7 miles away); World's Largest Porch Swing (approx. 10.8 miles away); A Tribute To Hebron, Its People and Its Schools (approx. 10.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial

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(approx. 10.9 miles away); Thayer County (approx. 11 miles away); Belleville Agriculture (approx. 13 miles away in Kansas).

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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 1, 2012

2. Municipal Auditorium

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 1, 2012

3. Municipal Auditorium

Credits. This page was last revised on August 13, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 595 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 26, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.