South Side Turnverein Hall is a historic social club and gymnasium in the Bates-Hendricks neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, affiliated with the city's German-American community.

The architects were also known for designing the Athenæum (previously called Das Deutsche Haus), another German-American social club in the city.

[1] Indianapolis was a major destination for German immigrants in the 19th century, spurred by political refugees leaving Europe after the failed Revolutions of 1848.

[5] The Turner movement was one of the largest German-American cultural groups of the time, promoting German ideals through education and physical fitness.

The Turner movement created Turnvereins (or gymnastics clubs), where members gathered for both social and athletic activities.

In the beginning, the South Side Turnverein Hall hosted eight turning classes with 300 students between the ages of 6 and 25.

[2] As an organization dedicated to physical education, the South Side Turnverein hosted many athletic events during its history.

It also served as a host location for many regional Turner events, bringing up to 500 athletes and large crowds from cities such as Chicago, Louisville, Fort Wayne, and Evansville.

[2] From its completion into the late-1930s the South Side Turnverein served as a fixture in the area's German community, but also the southside at large.

Local chapters of the Knights of Pythias and the Young Men's Institute were among the many groups to host events at the Turnverein.

In 1918, the South Side Turnverein hosted a meeting of "persons of German blood" where resolutions were passed supporting the United States in its war against Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

[2] The west-facing gable features a relief portrait of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the father of the Turner Movement, by noted sculptor Rudolf Schwarz.