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Jasper High School Gymnasium

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2025.

From the record

One of 19 National Register listings published here for Dubois County · listed in 2025 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. 340 West 6th Street, Jasper, 47546
  • When was it listed? May 2025
  • Category. building
  • Township. Bainbridge township
  • National Register reference number. 100011858 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

The ground it stands on

1,079 words

The chapter on Bainbridge Township in History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910 names Jasper. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Bainbridge township is one of the original five townships of Dubois county. In 1850, its population was given at 1,700, with 340 voters. The township was much larger in 1850, than at present. I^ainbridge township contains thirty-five square miles, and, including the town of Jasper is estimated to be worth $1,750,000.

Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.

Jasper was incorporated as a town, in March, 1866, with a population of 507. The death rate at Jasper is exceedingly low, though Patoka river, at Jasper, is only 450 feet above the sea. It is 123 feet below Lake Erie. The town has many manufacturing establishments, two banks, many fine residences, three churches, water works, electric lights, a college, an academy, commissioned high schools, improved streets, and two good weekly papers. In 187 1. 1891, and 1908 the present high school building was erected.

Passage source: History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910, published 1910.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Bainbridge Township - 1,079 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jasper High School Gymnasium: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Aluminum, Silica, Water, Free, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coal I UnderclaysClayPast Producer
Coal I UnderclaysAluminum, Silica, Water, Free, IronPast Producer
Dubois County Highway Dept.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in Dubois County

Storms near this property

60 of 87 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jasper, the town this property stands in, in 87 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 52 thunderstorm wind, 21 hail, 10 flash flood, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJasper$20,000Dubois County Emergency Management reported a tree down at 15th and Leopold in Jasper. He also reported a transformer on fire at 9th and McArthur.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindJasper$15,000A tree was down across power lines near Jasper-Dubois Road and State Road 164.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJasper$10,000The Dubois County emergency manager surveyed the Jasper Middle School, which had a fiberglass panel removed from the side of its gymnasium. One mile south, construction material was blown off the roof of the Jasper High School. In the neighborhood, a dumpster was blown over and several trees were downed.
July 2000LightningJasper$10,000A lightning strike started a fire that damaged a home.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindJasper$10,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindJasper$10,000no account filed
June 2004LightningJasper$3,500A lightning strike at the Jasper Water Treatment Plant damaged a control panel and a surge protector. The time of occurrence was estimated.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindJasper-A tree was down blocking Schuetter Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJasper-Power poles were blown down at the intersection of Omega Drive and West Division Road.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJasper-Two trees were blown down in the roadway on Kellerville Road.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindJasper-There was a tree on a power line completely blocking County Road 190 North, near Sultans Run.
July 2025Flash FloodJasper-Second Avenue in Jasper flooded.
July 2024Flash FloodJasper-A vehicle was partially submerged in flood waters in Jasper.
July 2024Flash FloodJasper-The intersection of St Charles Street and Schuetter Road was submerged in water.
July 2024Flash FloodJasper-A vehicle was submerged in water at the intersection of 16th Street and Mill Street in Jasper.
July 2024Flash FloodJasper-People were briefly trapped inside of buildings due to flood waters at Knoll Ridge apartments.
July 2024Heavy RainJasper-A cluster of rain gauges in and around Jasper measured between 4 and 5 inches of rainfall in just over an hour.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindJasper-There was a tree and power line on fire on the 2500 block of Portersville Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJasper-There was damage to street lights.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees fell on the roadway.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindJasper-Power poles were down on 34th Street blocking the roadway.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindJasper-A traffic light was knocked down along 30th Street and Newton Street.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees were down blocking the roadway.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJasper-Hoosier Hills Credit Union had roof damage.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJasper-Power lines were downed on 36th Street.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindJasper-A 30 foot limb, 16 inches in diameter, was reported down by the parks department. It was blocking a road.
June 2019Flash FloodJasper-Flood prone roads were closed due to high water at multiple locations across the county.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJasper-The emergency manager reported a large tree down at Lechner Lane and 2nd Street in Jasper.
April 2017Flash FloodJasper-The Dubois Emergency Manager reported high water over the roadway at Saint Charles Street and 36th Street.
April 2017FloodJasper-Local law enforcement reported that Highway 164 closed due to flooding.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindJasper-A Dubois County law enforcement official reported 2 trees down in Jasper due to severe thunderstorm winds.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindJasper-The Dubois COunty emergency manager reported trees and power poles down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindJasper-The Dubois County emergency manager reported trees down blocking the road near the intersection of East County Road 300 North and North Kellerville Road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trained spotters reported numerous trees down in the city.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindJasper-The Jasper Middle School mesonet weather observation measured a gust of 52 knots.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindJasper-Emergency management reported trees down around the Jasper area.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindJasper-A 51 knot wind gust was reported from the mesonet station located at Jasper Middle School.
April 2014Flash FloodJasper-A CoCoRahs observer reported numerous streets and intersections flooded across Jasper, especially along the Patoka River.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindJasper-Dubois County Emergency Management reported that several trees were downed just to the southeast of Jasper.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJasper-A county official reported that power lines were downed in Jasper.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindJasper-A tree fell in a backyard in Jasper. Local emergency management later relayed a report of several other trees down across northeastern Jasper.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJasper-The gust was measured at the Jasper Middle School.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJasper-Numerous trees and power lines were down across the city.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJasper-Overturned mobile homes were reported in the city of Jasper.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees were blown down in Jasper along with reported 60 mph winds.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindJasper-Five trees 12 to 30 inches in diameter were snapped at the base in Jasper.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindJasper-A tree was blown down and blocking IN 56 at St. Charles St.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJasper-Several out buildings were damaged and trees downed.
October 2007HailJasper-Penny size hail covered the ground.
January 2006HailJasper-One inch hail covered the ground.
July 2006Flash FloodJasper-A few creeks were out of their banks and flowing across roadways around Jasper.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees were downed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJasper-A couple trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJasper-An amateur radio operator estimated a 70 mph wind gust.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindJasper-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down near Highway 45.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees were blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindJasper-Highway 56 was blocked by a fallen tree and another large tree limb. Pea size hail was also reported west of Jasper.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindJasper-Power lines were downed in Huntingsburg.
February 1999HailJasper-One inch hail fell in Jasper
May 1999Thunderstorm WindJasper-Trees down

Every storm recorded in Dubois County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Dubois County Courthouse0.2 miles1996
Jasper Downtown Historic District0.2 miles2017
Louis H. Sturm Hardware Store0.2 miles2003
Gramelspacher-Gutzweiler House0.3 miles1983
St. Joseph Catholic Church0.3 miles1980
Indiana Desk Company0.5 miles2025

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100011858 in Record Group 79.
Dubois CountyAll 19 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.