Morton School (West Lafayette, Indiana)

Morton School

Morton School, November 2009
Location 222 N. Chauncey Ave., West Lafayette, Indiana
Coordinates 40°25′31″N 86°54′23″W / 40.42528°N 86.90639°W / 40.42528; -86.90639Coordinates: 40°25′31″N 86°54′23″W / 40.42528°N 86.90639°W / 40.42528; -86.90639
Area less than one acre
Built 1930 (1930)
Built by Kemmer, A.E. Construction Co.
Architect Scholer, Walter Sr.
Architectural style Tudor Revival
MPS Indiana's Public Common and High Schools MPS
NRHP Reference # 99001113[1]
Added to NRHP September 9, 1999

Morton School is a historic school building located at West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1930, and is a two-story, "E"-shaped, Tudor Revival style brick and limestone building. It ha a flat roof and features a triple-arched main entrance and stepped parapet. It housed a school into the mid-1980s, after which it has been used as a community centre.[2]:5, 7

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[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 2016-07-01. Note: This includes William Floyd and Paul Diebold (April 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morton School" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs


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