West Ward School, also known as the West Building Mississinewa Community Schools, 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
Gas City,
Grant County, Indiana
Grant County is a county in central Indiana in the United States Midwest. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 66,674. The county seat is Marion. Important paleontological discoveries, dating from the Pliocene epoch, have been m ...
. It was built between 1900 and 1902, and is a -story, rectangular,
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 brick and stone building. It features a symmetrical main facade with round towers at each corner topped by conical roofs.
[ ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs.] The building houses a museum and community center.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1985.
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References
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Romanesque Revival architecture in Indiana
School buildings completed in 1902
Schools in Grant County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, Indiana
1902 establishments in Indiana
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