Farmers Institute

Farmers Institute is a historic school building on a small campus in Shadeland, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. It was built in 1851, and expanded to its present two stories in 1864–1865. It is a two-story, rectangular, frame building with modest Greek Revival style design elements. It housed a school from its construction until 1874, and again from 1882 to 1889, during which it also housed a public library. Since then, it has exclusively housed the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse.[2]^:2–3

Farmers Institute
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Farmers Institute, May 2011
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Location	4626 W. CR 660 S, Shadeland, Indiana
Coordinates	40°19′18″N 86°59′29″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1851 (1851), 1864-1865
Built by	Area farmers
NRHP reference No.	86000609[1] (original) 100005038 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 27, 1986
Boundary increase	March 6, 2020

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary enlargement in 2020.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes William Baugh (June 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Farmers Institute" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs