Old Southport High School

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Old Southport High School
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Old Southport High School, May 2010
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Location6548 Orinoco Ave., Indianapolis, Indiana
Coordinates 39°40′17″N86°8′9″W / 39.67139°N 86.13583°W / 39.67139; -86.13583
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1930 (1930)
Built byBryant, Roy C.
ArchitectMcGuire & Shook
Architectural styleColonial Revival
MPS Indiana's Public Common and High Schools MPS
NRHP reference No. 03000982 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 28, 2003

Old Southport High School, also known as the Old Southport Middle School, is a historic high school building located at Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. It was built in 1930, and is a two-story, U-shaped, Colonial Revival style steel frame and concrete building sheathed in red brick with limestone detailing. It has a side gabled roof topped by an octagonal cupola. The front facade features a grand portico supported by six Corinthian order columns. [2] :5

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

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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 2016-08-01.Note: This includes Preservation Interns (October 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Southport High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs