Greenfield High School, also known as Riley Elementary School, was a historic

school A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

building located at

Greenfield Greenfield or Greenfields may refer to: Engineering and Business * Greenfield agreement, an employment agreement for a new organisation * Greenfield investment, the investment in a structure in an area where no previous facilities exist * Greenf ...

Hancock County, Indiana Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States Census recorded a population of 79,840. The county seat is Greenfield. Hancock County is included in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical ...

. It was designed by the architectural firm of

Wing & Mahurin Wing & Mahurin was an architectural firm of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its principal partners were John F. Wing (1852-1947) and Marshall S. Mahurin (1857-1939), who were partners until 1907. Together with Guy M. Mahurin (1877-1941) they worked also as ...

and built in 1895–1896. It was a -story, U-shaped,

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

style stone-faced building with a -story central tower. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was destroyed by fire on April 30, 1985. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1982 and delisted in 1986.

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Former National Register of Historic Places in Indiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1896 Schools in Hancock County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Indiana {{HancockCountyIN-NRHP-stub