McKinley School (Columbus, Indiana)
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Location | Seventeenth St. and Home Ave., Columbus, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°12′57″N 85°54′44″W / 39.21583°N 85.91222°WCoordinates: 39°12′57″N 85°54′44″W / 39.21583°N 85.91222°W |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1892 | , 1942
Built by | W.F. Coats |
Architect | Charles F. Sparell |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 88001221[1] |
Added to NRHP | August 25, 1988 |
The McKinley School, also known as North Side School, is a historic school building located at Seventeenth St. and Home Ave., in Columbus, Indiana. It was designed by architect Charles Franklin Sparrell and built in 1892. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay, Richardsonian Romanesque style red brick building with a limestone base and hipped roof. It measures 73 feet wide and 38 feet deep. An addition was erected in 1942, and measures approximately 127 feet wide and 38 feet deep.[2]: 2
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-07-01. Note: This includes Laura Thayer (September 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McKinley School" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-07-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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Categories:
- Columbus, Indiana
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- School buildings completed in 1892
- Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Bartholomew County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Bartholomew County, Indiana
- Southern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs