The McKinley School, also known as North Side School, is a historic

school A school is the educational institution (and, in the case of in-person learning, the Educational architecture, building) designed to provide learning environments for the teaching of students, usually under the direction of teachers. Most co ...

building located at Seventeenth St. and Home Ave., in

Columbus, Indiana Columbus () is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The city is known for its architectural significance, having commissioned noted works of modern architect ...

. It was designed by architect Charles Franklin Sparrell and built in 1892. It is a - story, five-bay,

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...

style red brick building with a

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

base and hipped roof. It measures 73 feet wide and 38 feet deep. An additional structure was erected in 1942, and measures approximately 127 feet wide and 38 feet deep. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1988.

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Buildings and structures in Columbus, Indiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana School buildings completed in 1892 Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Indiana Schools in Bartholomew County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Bartholomew County, Indiana {{BartholomewCountyIN-NRHP-stub