Carnegie Hall of Moores Hill College

Carnegie Hall of Moores Hill College
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Carnegie Hall in Moores Hill, November 2012

Location	14687 Main St., Moores Hill, Indiana
Coordinates	39°6′43″N 85°5′32″W / 39.11194°N 85.09222°W / 39.11194; -85.09222Coordinates: 39°6′43″N 85°5′32″W / 39.11194°N 85.09222°W / 39.11194; -85.09222
Area	2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built	1907 (1907)
Architect	Crapsey and Lamm; Unkefer, John G., and Co.
Architectural style	Collegiate Gothic, Jacobethan Revival
NRHP Reference #	94000229^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 17, 1994

Carnegie Hall of Moores Hill College, also known as Moores Hill High School, is a historic educational building located at Moores Hill, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was built in 1907, and is a 2 1/2-story, "T"-plan, brick building with Collegiate Gothic and Jacobethan Revival style design elements. It sits on a raised limestone faced basement. The building consists of a central portion flanked by projecting wings bisected by a central bell tower with pyramidal roof. It features a steeply pitched gable roof, parapeted gables, terra cotta trim, and pointed arch openings. The building housed Moores Hill College until 1917, when it moved to Evansville to later become the University of Evansville. It was funded in part by Andrew Carnegie, who donated $18,750 to its construction. It later housed the local high school and elementary school until 1987.^[2]^{:5-6, 10}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1]

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Jeffery L. Huntington (October 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carnegie Hall of Moores Hill College" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.

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