RURAL COMMUNITY BUrLDTNGS. 6 



1. Buildings financed by a local manufacturing concern. — In a num- 

 ber of communities social center buildings have been erected by a 

 manufacturing concern, usually one which represents the predomi- 

 nating industry of the community. Local assistance has been given 

 in some cases, but usually the manufacturing concern has borne the 

 whole expense, or practically the whole of it, having in mind the 

 welfare of its employees and of the community on which it depends 

 for support. These buildings are generally maintained and managed 

 by a community organization formed for the purpose, and the title 

 to the building is often turned over to this organization. 



2. Buildings financed througTi individual donations. — A considerable 

 number of community buildings have been presented outright by 

 individuals, some of these taking the form of memorial buildings. 

 Other buildings have been financed partly by large individual dona- 

 tions and partly with funds raised by the community in general. 

 The donated buildings are usually turned over to an appropriate 

 community organization, though some remain under the mianage- 

 ment of a self-perpetuating board of trustees. 



3. Buildings fivAinced tJirougJi cluh or society initiative. — When build- 

 ings have been financed through club or society initiative the major 

 share of the fmancial burden has been assumed by a specialized 

 organization, which has projected a building primarily for its own 

 use, but available also for general social purposes. Such buildings 

 have been erected through the efforts of athletic associations, women's 

 clubs, and other types of organizations. The building erected by a 

 farmers' club in a strictly rural community becomes automatically 

 a building for the community as a whole, since the club membership 

 often embraces practically the entire population of the community. 

 The ownership and control of buildings in this class rests, as a rule, 

 with the organization responsible for their construction, or with a 

 special organization which has been formed to take care of the increas- 

 ing activities centering in the building. 



4. Buildings financed by the local government. — The buildings in the 

 fourth class are financed by county, town, or township governments, 

 the funds for construction being obtained either through taxation or 

 from the sale of bonds. Such buildings are usually maintained, at 

 least in great part, through rentals and other revenues derived from 

 the building itself. The title and control remam with the govern- 

 mental unit originally responsible for the building. 



5. Buildings financed througli community endeavor. — The most nu- 

 merous group in the present classification comprises buildings con- 

 structed or acquired by the commimity for community purposes. 

 Money is usually secured either by the sale of stock in a community 

 organization or through the solicitation of general contributions. 

 Both of these methods are often supplemented by the giving of enter- 



