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Community Building Complex of Boone County

Belvidere concentrated its allocated WPA (Work Projects Administration) dollars in the construction of a large community center. Hokanson & Bloom, Rockford general contractors, brought the Raymond Orput design to completion in 1939.

The community center included a dining room, lockers, showers, a full size basketball court with a 1,600 seat capacity and a symbolic stained glass window depicting the spirit of athletics and the arts.