The Shelbyville High School is a historic

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complex located at Shelbyville,

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. The high school was designed by architects William Butts Ittner and built in 1911. It is a two-story, Neoclassical style brick building on a raised basement. Attached to the high school is the similarly styled, -story junior high school designed by Elmer E. Dunlap and built in 1917. The

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inspired two-story, brick gymnasium was added in 1922. A shop addition was constructed in 1942, and was connected to the junior high school by a

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addition in 1977. The school buildings have been converted to

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s and the gymnasium is used for community recreational activities. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 1996.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1911 Schools in Shelby County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Indiana 1911 establishments in Indiana {{ShelbyCountyIN-NRHP-stub