National Historic Landmark · Columbus, Indiana

McDowell, Mabel, Elementary School

School building in Columbus, Indiana. Added to the National Register in 2001, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic Landmark Listed 2001

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What it is

Wikipedia · Mabel McDowell Adult Education Center

The Mabel McDowell Adult Education Center is an adult education center of the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation occupying a historic building in Columbus, Indiana. The building, constructed in 1960, is a major early work of architect John Carl Warnecke. It was converted to an adult education center in 1982.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places

Property type	Building
Address	2700 McKinley Ave., Columbus, IN
County	Bartholomew County
Listed	Jan 3, 2001
Reference number	01000068
Type of place	school building
Designations	National Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

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Address	2700 McKinley Ave., Columbus, IN
Coordinates	39.20143, -85.89326 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unit	William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 74 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearby	Hickory Ridge Campground 26 mi · Blackwell Campground 30 mi · Hardin Ridge 32 mi

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 01000068. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.