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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