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| name = Center School |
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| status = [[Field trip]] destination |
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| building_type = [[one-room school]]house |
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| address = 10537 Aboite Center Road<br>[[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne, IN]] 46804 |
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| coordinates = <!-- {{coord |41|02|41.3|N|85|16|49.7|W|region:US-IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> |
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| years_built = 1893 |
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| relocated_date = June 1993 |
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| renovation_date = summer 1995 |
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| owner = [[Southwest Allen County Schools|SACS]] |
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| material = brick, slate, copper |
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'''Center School''',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 19, 1998 |title=CENTER SCHOOL |url=http://www.ipfw.edu/ipfwhist/historgs/center.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312144114/http://www.ipfw.edu/ipfwhist/historgs/center.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2005 |publisher=[[Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne]]}}</ref> sometimes called the '''Old Center School''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Southwest Allen County Schools |url=http://www.sacs.k12.in.us/domain/38 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109025124mp_/http://www.sacs.k12.in.us/domain/38 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |publisher=[[Southwest Allen County Schools]]}}</ref> is a historic [[one-room school]]house in [[Allen County, Indiana]]. It was built in 1893 at the center of [[Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana|Aboite Township]], and became the foundation of [[Southwest Allen County Schools]].<ref name=":0" /> |
'''Center School''',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 19, 1998 |title=CENTER SCHOOL |url=http://www.ipfw.edu/ipfwhist/historgs/center.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312144114/http://www.ipfw.edu/ipfwhist/historgs/center.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2005 |publisher=[[Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne]]}}</ref> sometimes called the '''Old Center School''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Southwest Allen County Schools |url=http://www.sacs.k12.in.us/domain/38 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109025124mp_/http://www.sacs.k12.in.us/domain/38 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |publisher=[[Southwest Allen County Schools]]}}</ref> is a historic [[one-room school]]house in [[Allen County, Indiana]]. It was built in 1893 at the center of [[Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana|Aboite Township]], and became the foundation of [[Southwest Allen County Schools]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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Latest revision as of 03:34, 21 January 2024
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| General information | |
| Status | Field trip destination |
| Type | one-room schoolhouse |
| Address | 10537 Aboite Center Road Fort Wayne, IN 46804 |
| Year(s) built | 1893 |
| Relocated | June 1993 |
| Renovated | summer 1995 |
| Owner | SACS |
| Technical details | |
| Material | brick, slate, copper |
Center School,[1] sometimes called the Old Center School,[2] is a historic one-room schoolhouse in Allen County, Indiana. It was built in 1893 at the center of Aboite Township, and became the foundation of Southwest Allen County Schools.[2]
Center School was closed in 1946, as a part of Indiana's increased consolidation of small schools, but in 1969, a new teacher was instated with the official title of schoolmarm, and it was reopened as a site for history classes.[1]
Originally constructed at what is now the intersection between Homestead Road and Aboite Center Road, in June 1993 the building was physically relocated eastward along Aboite Center by three-tenths of a mile, and was restored in the summer of 1995.[1] The restoration won the 1995 Archie Award from the Arch Foundation.[1][2]
Center School is built of local brick, and has a slate roof with copper ridge caps. The interior features arches and oak woodwork, which, along with the floor, have been restored. The structure is topped with a copper-capped belfry, the likeness of which is used as the logo of Southwest Allen County Schools.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "CENTER SCHOOL". Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 19, 1998. Archived from the original on March 12, 2005.
- ^ a b c "Welcome to Southwest Allen County Schools". Southwest Allen County Schools. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015.