Farmers Institute is a historic school building on a small campus in Shadeland, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1851, and expanded to its present two stories in 1864–1865. It is a two-story, rectangular, frame building with modest Greek Revival style design elements. It housed a school from its construction until 1874, and again from 1882 to 1889, during which it also housed a public library. Since then, it has exclusively housed the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse.[2]: 2–3
Farmers Institute | |
 Farmers Institute, May 2011 | |
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| Location | 4626 W. CR 660 S, Shadeland, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°19′18″N 86°59′29″W / 40.32167°N 86.99139°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1851, 1864-1865 |
| Built by | Area farmers |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000609[1] (original) 100005038 (increase) |
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| Added to NRHP | March 27, 1986 |
| Boundary increase | March 6, 2020 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary enlargement in 2020.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes William Baugh (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Farmers Institute" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs