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Peru High School Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
12001154

Added to NRHP
  
9 January 2013

Peru High School Historic District

Location
  
80 W. 6th St., Peru, Indiana

Area
  
Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)

Built
  
c. 1922 (1922), c. 1926, c. 1939

Architect
  
Wolf, Henry C.; Cook, Oscar F.

Architectural style
  
Art Deco, Collegiate Gothic, Classical Revival

Peru High School Historic District is a historic school complex and national historic district located at Peru, Miami County, Indiana. It encompasses the Classical Revival style Central Grade School (c. 1922), Collegiate Gothic style Industrial Arts Building (c. 1926), and Art Deco style former high school (c. 1939). The high school was built as a Works Progress Administration project along with the Tig-Arena and is a two-story masonry building. The school yard is considered a contributing site. The high school remained in use as a high school until the new Peru High School was built in 1969-1971. Since 1990, the buildings have served as headquarters for the Miami Nation of Indiana.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

References

Peru High School Historic District Wikipedia