Booker T. Washington School (Rushville, Indiana)


Booker T. Washington School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Booker T. Washington School, May 2011
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Location	525 E. Seventh St., Rushville, Indiana
Coordinates	39°36′53″N 85°26′12″W / 39.61472°N 85.43667°W / 39.61472; -85.43667Coordinates: 39°36′53″N 85°26′12″W / 39.61472°N 85.43667°W / 39.61472; -85.43667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905 (1905)
Architect	Winship, Morris
Architectural style	Romanesque, T-Plan
NRHP Reference #	90000809^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 24, 1990

Booker T. Washington School is a historic school building located at Rushville, Rush County, Indiana. It was built in 1905, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, vernacular brick building with Romanesque Revival style design elements. It has a low-pitched hipped roof and features round and segmental arched openings. The building served as the focal point for the African-American community of Rushville.^[2]^:2-3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes William Gulde (July 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Booker T. Washington School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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