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Prill School

Coordinates: 41°4′35″N 86°6′49″W / 41.07639°N 86.11361°W / 41.07639; -86.11361
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Prill School
Prill School, January 2013
Prill School is located in Indiana
Prill School
Prill School is located in the United States
Prill School
LocationNorthwest of Akron, Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Coordinates41°4′35″N 86°6′49″W / 41.07639°N 86.11361°W / 41.07639; -86.11361
Arealess than one acre
Built1876 (1876)
NRHP reference No.81000012[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1981

Prill School, also known as the Prill School Museum, is a historic one-room school building located in Henry Township near Akron, Fulton County, Indiana. It was built in 1876, and is a one-story, rectangular, red brick building topped by a slate gable roof. The Prill School closed in 1925. The school was restored in 1971 by a group of local citizens and opened to visitors as a museum.[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Dewey L. Zolman (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Prill School" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ^ "Facebook site". Prill School Museum Association. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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