Crowley County Heritage Center
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The Crowley County Heritage Center is the town's most distinctive building. It was built in 1914 and designed in the Second Renaissance Revival style. Its original function was a school (named Crowley School) and served in that function until 1992. The building was also used for a variety of purposes such as club meetings, church services, training classes for the Red Cross, and it was a temporary hospital during the 1918 flu epidemic. It continues to serve multiple functions today including as a museum, a community center, and a town hall. The museum has many items on display including WWII uniforms and ration stamps, letters, and glass-lantern slides. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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Crowley County Heritage Center
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Avdelotte, Norene. "Crowley School." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places. July 28, 1999. http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=3f268c3b-7162-43c4-8ea3-febc13ce11de.
"Crowley School." Wikipedia. Accessed November 28, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowley_School.
"History/Purpose." Crowley County Heritage Center. Accessed November 28, 2016. http://www.crowleyheritagecenter.com/index.php/the-heritage-center/history-purpose.
"Crowley School." Wikipedia. Accessed November 28, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowley_School.
"History/Purpose." Crowley County Heritage Center. Accessed November 28, 2016. http://www.crowleyheritagecenter.com/index.php/the-heritage-center/history-purpose.