Wabash Township Graded School

Wabash Township Graded School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Wabash Township Graded School, August 2012
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Location	S. Montezuma St., Mecca, Indiana
Coordinates	39°43′30″N87°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 No.	87000950 [1]
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. ^{[2] : 2, 10}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. ^[1]

A fire on November 9, 2022, caused serious damage to the building. ^[3]

The historic Wabash Township Graded School building in Mecca, Indiana, three years after a fire.

References

1. "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 June 1, 2016.Note: This includes Mrs. Russell Sanders (March 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wabash Township Graded School" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
3. Indiana Landmarks (November 16, 2022). "Facebook post".