Oakdale School | |
Location | Morgan Rd., Jefferson Proving Ground, Monroe Township, Jefferson County, Indiana |
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Coordinates | 38°50′24″N85°25′33″W / 38.84000°N 85.42583°W Coordinates: 38°50′24″N85°25′33″W / 38.84000°N 85.42583°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1869 |
Architectural style | Gable-front |
NRHP reference # | 93000432 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 14, 1993 |
Oakdale School, also known as Building 401, is a historic one-room school building located within Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Jefferson Proving Ground) in Monroe Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. It was built in 1869, and is a one-story, rectangular limestone building. It measures 24 feet wide and 30 feet deep, and has a front gable roof. [2] :2–3
One-room schools were commonplace throughout rural portions of various countries, including Prussia, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Spain. In most rural and small town schools, all of the students met in a single room. There, a single teacher taught academic basics to several grade levels of elementary-age boys and girls. While in many areas one-room schools are no longer used, it is not uncommon for them to remain in developing nations and rural or remote areas. Examples include remote parts of the American West, the Falklands, and the Shetland Islands.
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge is a 50,000-acre (202 km2) wildlife refuge operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in southeast Indiana, United States near Madison, Indiana. The refuge is the largest of Indiana's three National Wildlife Refuges, and is located in parts of Ripley, Jefferson, and Jennings counties.
The Jefferson Proving Ground, located near Madison, Indiana, was principally a munitions testing facility of Test and Evaluation Command of the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command. JPG also serves other Department of Defense organizations as well as private contractors assigned.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
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