Thomas R. Marshall School

Thomas R. Marshall School

Thomas R. Marshall School, May 2012
Location 603 Bond St., North Manchester, Indiana
Coordinates 41°0′19″N 85°45′45″W / 41.00528°N 85.76250°W / 41.00528; -85.76250Coordinates: 41°0′19″N 85°45′45″W / 41.00528°N 85.76250°W / 41.00528; -85.76250
Area less than one acre
Built 1929 (1929)
Architect Henkel & Hanson
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP Reference # 04000206[1]
Added to NRHP March 22, 2004

Thomas R. Marshall School, also known as the Town Life Center, is a historic school building located at North Manchester, Wabash County, Indiana. It was built in 1929, and is a two-story, rectangular, Beaux-Arts style multicolored brick building. It has a projecting center entrance bay with a recessed entrance behind a shallow barrel vault. The school was named for Indiana Governor and U.S. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall (1854-1925). It remained in use as an elementary school until 1989, after which it has been used as a community centre.[2]:5

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

References

  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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Ferne Baldwin (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas R. Marshall School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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