Gas City High School

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Gas City High School
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Gas City High School, July 2012
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Location400 East South A St., Gas City, Indiana
Coordinates 40°29′12″N85°36′28″W / 40.48667°N 85.60778°W / 40.48667; -85.60778
Arealess than one acre
Built1894 (1894), 1923
Built byWaldron, John H.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Prairie School
MPS Indiana's Public Common and High Schools MPS
NRHP reference No. 03001316 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 2004

Gas City High School, also known as the East Ward School, is a historic school building located at Gas City, Indiana, United States. It was built in 1894, and is a two-story, square, Romanesque Revival style brick and stone building. A two-story Prairie School inspired addition was completed in 1923. The two buildings are connected by a two-story "bridge". [2] :5

It is no longer used as a high school and is instead now used as the current administration building for Mississinewa Community School Corporation (MCSC).

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

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016.Note: This includes Judy K. Cowling (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gas City High School" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.