Booker T. Washington School (Rushville, Indiana)

	Booker T. Washington School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Booker T. Washington School, May 2011
Location	525 E. Seventh St., Rushville, Indiana
Coordinates	39°36′53″N 85°26′12″W / 39.61472°N 85.43667°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905
Architect	Winship, Morris
Architectural style	Romanesque, T-Plan
NRHP reference No.	90000809
Added to NRHP	May 24, 1990

Location525 E. Seventh St., Rushville, Indiana

Coordinates39°36′53″N 85°26′12″W / 39.61472°N 85.43667°W

Arealess than one acre

Built1905

Booker T. Washington School is a historic school building located at Rushville, Indiana. It was built in 1905, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, vernacular brick building with Romanesque Revival style design elements. It has a low-pitched hipped roof and features round and segmental arched openings. The building served as the focal point for the African-American community of Rushville.^[2]^: 2–3It is currently being used as a neighborhood community center and is home of the local Head Start program.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

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v t e Booker T. Washington
Life	Tuskegee Institute George Washington Carver 1895 Atlanta Exposition Speech Atlanta Compromise National Negro Business League 1901 White House dinner Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary Lecture
Books	The Future of the American Negro (1899) Up from Slavery (1901) Character Building (1902) The Negro Problem (editor, 1903) Working with the Hands (1904) Tuskegee & Its People (1905) The Negro in the South (1907)
Honors	Booker T. Washington National Monument Booker T. Washington State Park (Tennessee) Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia) Booker Mountain SS Booker T. Washington Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar Carver-Washington half dollar High Schools
Portrayals	A Guest of Honor (1903 opera) Booker (1984 film) Theodore Roosevelt (2022 miniseries)
Related	Fannie Smith Washington (first wife) Olivia A. Davidson (second wife) Margaret Murray Washington (third wife) Giles v. Harris African American founding fathers of the United States

Booker T. Washington School (Rushville, Indiana)

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