Prill School

Prill School

Prill School, January 2013
Location Northwest of Akron, Henry Township, Fulton County, Indiana
Coordinates 41°4′35″N 86°6′49″W / 41.07639°N 86.11361°W / 41.07639; -86.11361Coordinates: 41°4′35″N 86°6′49″W / 41.07639°N 86.11361°W / 41.07639; -86.11361
Area less than one acre
Built 1876 (1876)
NRHP Reference # 81000012[1]
Added to NRHP December 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

  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 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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