National and State Register

Long Meadow Community Club Building

Morgan County

As a meeting place of the Long Meadow Community Club, the building served as the center of community meetings, entertainment, social events, and charity work.  The building consists of a former army barracks joined in 1949 to the retired 1908 Long Meadow School. 

A photo of the white building with long pitched roof on left and cross gabled extension on right

Long Meadow Community Club Building (2004 photograph.) 

The women’s club began meeting in member’s homes in 1932 and did not have a permanent facility until purchasing the schoolhouse in 1947.  The club is representative of many local organizations created to strengthen community ties and to provide informal social and recreational opportunities.