Lynd School

Lynd School

Lynd School, November 2011
Location 723 N. Lynd Rd., 0.6 miles north of its junction with State Road 56 and southeast of Orleans, Stampers Creek Township, Orange County, Indiana
Coordinates 38°34′2″N 86°19′22″W / 38.56722°N 86.32278°W / 38.56722; -86.32278Coordinates: 38°34′2″N 86°19′22″W / 38.56722°N 86.32278°W / 38.56722; -86.32278
Area less than one acre
Built 1900 (1900), 1925
Architectural style One room schoolhouse
MPS Indiana's Public Common and High Schools MPS
NRHP Reference # 02001169[1]
Added to NRHP October 16, 2002

Lynd School, also known as the Stamper's Creek Township School #2, is a historic one-room school located in Stampers Creek Township, Orange County, Indiana. It was built about 1900, and is a one-story, rectangular, frame building. It has a gable front facade topped by a small belfry and measures 24 feet wide and 36 feet long. It was renovated in 1925, and a kitchen / bathroom addition was built about 1970. The building remained in use as a school until 1964.[2]:5, 8

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01. Note: This includes Beth Cornwell and Amy Walker (May 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lynd School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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