McKinley School (Columbus, Indiana)

McKinley School

Front of the school
Location Seventeenth St. and Home Ave., Columbus, Indiana
Coordinates 39°12′57″N 85°54′44″W / 39.21583°N 85.91222°W / 39.21583; -85.91222Coordinates: 39°12′57″N 85°54′44″W / 39.21583°N 85.91222°W / 39.21583; -85.91222
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1892 (1892), 1942
Built by W.F. Coats
Architect Charles F. Sparell
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 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 noted 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mabel McDowell Elementary School.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.