Honey Creek School
Appearance
Honey Creek School | |
![]() Honey Creek School, December 2011 | |
Location | Northeast of Bloomington on Low Gap Rd., Benton Township, Monroe County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 39°17′7″N 86°24′32″W / 39.28528°N 86.40889°W |
Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | 1921 |
Architect | Lee, Otis; McClary, Joseph A. |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Influence |
NRHP reference No. | 78000024[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 20, 1978 |
Honey Creek School is a historic one-room school building located in Benton Township, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, Bungalow / American Craftsman influenced balloon frame building on a fieldstone foundation. The main section has a hipped roof and a projecting gable roofed entry is topped by a belfry with a pyramidal roof. The school closed in 1945. The building was restored in 1975.[2]: 2–3
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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- ^ 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 2016-05-01. Note: This includes David A. Staver (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Honey Creek School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
Categories:
- One-room schoolhouses in Indiana
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Bungalow architecture in Indiana
- School buildings completed in 1921
- Schools in Monroe County, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Indiana
- 1921 establishments in Indiana
- Southern Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs