Honey Creek School

Honey Creek School

Honey Creek School, December 2011
Location Northeast of Bloomington on Low Gap Rd., Benton Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°17′8″N 86°24′26″W / 39.28556°N 86.40722°W / 39.28556; -86.40722Coordinates: 39°17′8″N 86°24′26″W / 39.28556°N 86.40722°W / 39.28556; -86.40722
Area 1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built 1921 (1921)
Architect Lee, Otis; McClary, Joseph A.
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman, Influence
NRHP Reference # 78000024[1]
Added to NRHP September 20, 1978

Honey Creek School is a historic one-room school building located in Benton Township, Monroe County, Indiana. It was built in 1921, and is a one-story, Bungalow / American Craftsman influenced balloon frame building on a fieldstone foundation. The main section has a hipped roof and a projecting gable roofed entry is topped by a belfry with a pyramidal roof. The school closed in 1945. The building was restored in 1975.[2]:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes David A. Staver (December 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Honey Creek School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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