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.


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