Wabash Township Graded School
Appearance
Wabash Township Graded School | |
Location | S. Montezuma St., Mecca, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°43′30″N 87°19′55″W / 39.72500°N 87.33194°W |
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1901 | , 1910, 1923
Architect | Allen, Layton; Boswell, J.T. |
Architectural style | Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 87000950[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 22, 1987 |
Wabash Township Graded School, also known as Mecca High School and Mecca Grade School, is a historic school building located at Mecca, Parke County, Indiana. The main section was built in 1901 and expanded in 1910, and is a two-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style red brick building on a raise basement. It has a hipped roof and limestone trim. The main building features a bell tower over the main entrance. A gymnasium was added in 1923. The school closed in 1986.[2]: 2, 10
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
It tragically caught fire on November 9,2022. Too soon to know what the cause or damage. Firefighters still on the scene as I add this.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Mrs. Russell Sanders (March 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wabash Township Graded School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana
- School buildings completed in 1901
- Buildings and structures in Parke County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Parke County, Indiana
- 1901 establishments in Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs