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Honey Creek School

Coordinates: 39°17′7″N 86°24′32″W / 39.28528°N 86.40889°W / 39.28528; -86.40889
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Honey Creek School
Honey Creek School, December 2011
Honey Creek School is located in Indiana
Honey Creek School
Honey Creek School is located in the United States
Honey Creek School
LocationNortheast of Bloomington on Low Gap Rd., Benton Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Coordinates39°17′7″N 86°24′32″W / 39.28528°N 86.40889°W / 39.28528; -86.40889
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1921 (1921)
ArchitectLee, Otis; McClary, Joseph A.
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Influence
NRHP reference No.78000024[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "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.