Woodrow Wilson Middle School, formerly Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, is 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

Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, about 5 miles east of the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a ...

Vigo County, Indiana Vigo County ( ) is a county on the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 105,994 . Its county seat is Terre Haute. Vigo County is included in the Terre Haute metropolitan ...

. It was built in 1927 for approximately $750,000. Designed by the firm of Miller & Yeager Architects. It is a three-story, "T"-plan,

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

style brick building with central entrance tower. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs The structure was listed on the

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in 1996. The interior of the school's main entrance features several large-scale murals by

Gilbert Brown Wilson Gilbert Brown Wilson (1907–1991), best known as "Gil Wilson," was an American painter known for his large-scale murals, including his 1935 murals in Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Much of his later life was dedicated ...

, completed in 1935.

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Tudor Revival architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1927 Public middle schools in Indiana Buildings and structures in Terre Haute, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Terre Haute, Indiana 1927 establishments in Indiana {{Indiana-school-stub