Wabash High School

580 North Miami Street

Built: 1926

Style: Collegiate Gothic/Art Deco

Construction of the current Wabash High School building began in 1925. J. Edwin Kopf and Woolling of Indianapolis designed the structure, and E.A. Carson of Logansport served as contractor. Local high school boys helped with the excavation process.

The original building contained eighteen classrooms and a gymnasium that seated 650. Additions in 1961, 1966, 1971, and 1976 provided additional spaces for the increasing school population. The design is a mixture of the Collegiate Gothic and Art Deco styles. Collegiate Gothic elements include the central tower with buttresses, entry pavilion with battlements, and stylized buttresses along the wings. Art Deco is found in the geometric way many of the pieces of the building work together.