On This Day in Terre Haute History by Dorothy Weinz Jerse

Author:Dorothy Weinz Jerse
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Published: 2015-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

The top five floors of the building were removed in 1972, and an extensive remodeling project was completed in 1989. Courtesy J.S. Calvert Collection.

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JULY 1

1972—Charles T. Hyte Center

A city-owned concrete office building at 1331 Deming Street had been set aside for use as the first Hyte Community Center by Mayor Joseph P. Duffy in 1942. Thirty years later, an invitation was extended to the entire community to attend the dedication ceremony of the new center, and more than six hundred people did. Each speaker spoke of the dream of Hyte Center becoming a reality with a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and contributions from the community. It was located in Washington Park at Thirteenth Street and College Avenue, the site of a former segregated swimming pool constructed in 1925. The building was named in memory of educator and civic leader Charles T. Hyte; the gymnasium was dedicated to the memory of Ted Sweatt, who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968. The building continues in use as the Booker T. Washington Park Community Center.

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