Woodrow Wilson Middle School (Terre Haute, Indiana) Explained

Woodrow Wilson Middle School
(listed as Woodrow Wilson Junior High School)
Location:405. 25th St., Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Coordinates:39.4639°N -87.38°W
Built:1927
Architect:Miller, Miller, Johnson & Yeager; Wilson, Gilbert Brown
Architecture:Tudor Revival
Added:March 25, 1996
Refnum:96000285

Woodrow Wilson Middle School, formerly Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, is a historic school building located at Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. It was built in 1927 for approximately $750,000. Designed by the firm of Miller & Yeager Architects. It is a three-story, "T"-plan, Tudor Revival style brick building with a central entrance tower.[1]

The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The interior of the school's main entrance features several large-scale murals by Gilbert Brown Wilson, completed in 1935.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Woodrow Wilson Junior High School . 2016-07-01. Sarah Marchino. October 1995. and Accompanying photographs
  2. Trigg . Lisa . Restoring Anew . Terre Haute Living . Tribune Star . Terre Haute, Indiana . November 2009 . December 6, 2010.