Thomas R. Marshall School

Thomas R. Marshall School

Thomas R. Marshall School, May 2012
Location 603 Bond St., North Manchester, Indiana
Coordinates 41°0′19″N 85°45′45″W / 41.00528°N 85.76250°W / 41.00528; -85.76250Coordinates: 41°0′19″N 85°45′45″W / 41.00528°N 85.76250°W / 41.00528; -85.76250
Area less than one acre
Built 1929 (1929)
Architect Henkel & Hanson
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 04000206[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 2004

Thomas R. Marshall School, also known as the Town Life Center, is a historic school building located at North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. It was built in 1929, and is a two-story, rectangular, Beaux-Arts style multicolored brick building. It has a projecting center entrance bay with a recessed entrance behind a shallow barrel vault. The school was named for Indiana Governor and U.S. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall (1854-1925). It remained in use as an elementary school until 1989, after which it has been used as a community centre.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Ferne Baldwin (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas R. Marshall School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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