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Wabash Township Graded School

Wabash Township Graded School
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Wabash Township Graded School, August 2012
Wabash Township Graded School is located in Parke County, Indiana
Wabash Township Graded School
Wabash Township Graded School is located in Indiana
Wabash Township Graded School
Wabash Township Graded School is located in the US
Wabash Township Graded School
Location S. Montezuma St., Mecca, Indiana
Coordinates 39°43′30″N 87°19′55″W / 39.72500°N 87.33194°W / 39.72500; -87.33194Coordinates: 39°43′30″N 87°19′55″W / 39.72500°N 87.33194°W / 39.72500; -87.33194
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1901 (1901), 1910, 1923
Architect Allen, Layton; Boswell, J.T.
Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference # 87000950
Added to NRHP June 22, 1987

Wabash Township Graded School, also known as Mecca High School and Mecca Grade School, is a historic school building located at Mecca, Parke County, Indiana. The main section was built in 1901 and expanded in 1910, and is a two-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style red brick building on a raise basement. It has a hipped roof and limestone trim. The main building features a bell tower over the main entrance. A gymnasium was added in 1923. The school closed in 1986.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.



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