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Polk Township District No. 2 School

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Built
  
1901 (1901)

Opened
  
1901

Added to NRHP
  
9 January 2013

NRHP Reference #
  
12001153

Area
  
2,510 m²

Polk Township District No. 2 School

Location
  
18998 W. 2A Rd., southeast of Walkerton, Polk Township, Marshall County, Indiana

Built by
  
Bennett, Frank; Mead, H.P.; Burnside, Joe

Architectural style
  
Queen Anne style architecture

Polk Township District No. 2 School, also known as the Barber School, is a historic one-room school located in Polk Township, Marshall County, Indiana. It was built about 1901, and is a one-story, "T"-plan brick building with Queen Anne style detailing. The building consists of front cloak room section with a single large classroom. Both sections have high pitched gable roofs. The building features patterned brick details and rafter tails with cut scroll designs. The school closed in 1925, with local school consolidation.

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

References

Polk Township District No. 2 School Wikipedia