Liberty Township Schoolhouse No. 2
Liberty Township Schoolhouse No. 2 | |
 Liberty Township Schoolhouse No. 2, August 2011 | |
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| Location | Junction of State Road 244 and County Road 600E, north of Waldron, Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°29′51″N 85°40′3″W / 39.49750°N 85.66750°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1875 |
| Architect | Meltzer Bros. |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Gable-front |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001170[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 4, 1992 |
Liberty Township Schoolhouse No. 2 is a historic one-room school building located in Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1875, and is a one-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick building. It has a steep gable-front roof and features heavy scroll brackets, a scalloped frieze, and oculus vent. Also on the property is a contributing water pump. It remained in use as a school until about 1919.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Tony Armstrong (November 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Liberty Township Schoolhouse No. 2" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
Categories:
- One-room schoolhouses in Indiana
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Italianate architecture in Indiana
- School buildings completed in 1875
- Schools in Shelby County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs