Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
“Bourbon Community Building-Gymnasium was a historic gymnasium and community center located at Bourbon, Indiana. The gym was built in 1928 and demolished in 2021.”
Wikipedia article Bourbon Community Building-Gymnasium, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 34 National Register listings published here for Marshall County · listed in 2015 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
An account from the chapter on Bourbon township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
One of the most horrible and brutal rnurders ever recorded in Northern Indiana was committed near the railroad, one and a half miles east of Bourbon, on the morning of September 7, 1867. The name of the murdered woman was Barbara Catherine Dale, aged about fifty-six years. She came to this country a few years prior to the date of her murder, with her only son,a lad of about twenty years of age, who supported himself and mother in a comfortable
The chapter on Bourbon Township in McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881 names Bourbon. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.
HIS township was organized January 6, 1$40), Prior to that time, it was a part of Center Township. In addition tothe territory now embraced within its boundaries, it contained what is now Tippecanoe Township. Its dimensions at that time were seven miles wide by fourteen in length. March 9, 1842, it was divided in the center east and west,and the southern half took the name of Tippecanoe Township. Bourbon Township is now seven miles sqnare, and contains about 31,460 aeres of land, of whieh probably 20,000 acres are under cultivation. The petitioners for the organization of Bourbon 'Township were James O. Parks, Grayson
Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.
N. Y. He was reared on a farm, and until seventeen years of age was engaged in the usual routine of farm labor, attending school in the winter. At the age of seventeen, he left home and accepted employment on the Albany & Boston Railroad, finally attaining the position of Superintendent of a section. The financial crisis of 1857 caused a general reduction of wages, to which he refused to submit, and this action was the first step in a course which finally made him a citizen or Marshall County. Having relinquished his position on the railroad, he decided to visit the West in quest of a satisfactory location, believing that he could earn better wages. He went first to Iowa, thence to Illinois, and afterward located at Fort Wayne, Ind. In May, 1858, he removed to Bourbon, in Marshall County, and was employed on the railroad until October of that year. Associated with F. P. Morgan, he then engaged in the lumber trade, operating a saw-mill at Bourbon, and has ever since continued in this line of business. In the fall of 1866, associated with Jacob Slough, he erected the saw-mill of which he is now the proprietor, having purchased the interest of his partner, after the death of the latter, in 1878. In June, 1879, he purchased the hardware establishment of Arnold & Tescher, at Bourbon, and associated his son with him as the junior member of the firm, still continuing his
Passage source: McDonald, Daniel - History Of Marshall County, Indiana 1836-1880 (Kingman Bros., 1881), published 1881.
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 Bourbon Township - 10,679 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bourbon Community Building-Gymnasium: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J & M Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bourbon, the town this property stands in, in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | $75,000 | Eleven power poles were snapped between Elm and Fir Rd on 11th Rd. 700 customers were impacted. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | $40,000 | Tree down on a house, and trees down on Bourbon St south of the Railroad Tracks. Power is out in Bourbon. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | $10,000 | Major tree damage and some structural damage on S Beech Road between SR 10 and 14B Road. Siding is in the trees and on the road. There is a narrow path of downed trees through a patch of forest. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | $10,000 | Several trees down at this location. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Amateur radio operators reported trees and power lines were down in the area. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | The public reported a tree was blown down onto US-30, east of Bourbon. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Local media reported a tree was blown down across a local road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | The public reported a two to three foot diameter tree was blown down onto a house, causing extensive siding damage. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Emergency management officials reported power lines were downed. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Emergency management officials reported several trees and tree limbs down in Bourbon. A few of these fell onto homes and power lines. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | The public estimated a 60 mph wind gust. Pea sized hail and very heavy rain was reducing visibility to near zero. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Tree down on Cedar Rd. and CR 9B. Large limbs down. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Tree down. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts damaged two 15-inch diameter pine trees. Tree trunks were broken half way up. Two other 15-inch diameter pine trees were uprooted. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bourbon | - | TREES DOWN NEAR BOURBON 1 TO 2 AND A HALF FEET IN DIAMETER. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Bourbon | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Bourbon | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Bourbon | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Bourbon | - | no account filed |
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.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbon Residential Historic District | 0.2 miles | 2017 | |
| Bourbon Commercial Historic District | 0.4 miles | 2017 | |
 | Erwin House | 2.5 miles | 2016 |
 | Gaskill-Erwin Farm | 2.5 miles | 2015 |
 | Tippecanoe Twp. District No. 3 Schoolhouse and Cemetery | 4.2 miles | 2008 |
 | Argos Izaak Walton League Historic District | 5.6 miles | 2011 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 15000888 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Marshall County | All 34 listed properties in this county. |
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