Linton Township High School and Community Building
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Linton Township High School and Community Building or Pimento School was a school in Pimento
Pimento, Indiana
Pimento is an unincorporated town in Linton Township, Vigo County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.Pimento has one listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the Linton Township High School and Community Building.-History:Formerly known as Hartford,...

, Vigo County, Indiana
Vigo County, Indiana
Vigo County is a county located along the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana. Vigo County is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Terre Haute....

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The structure was built by architects from the Albert G. Beldon company in 1925. It is in the American Craftsman
American Craftsman
The American Craftsman Style, or the American Arts and Crafts Movement, is an American domestic architectural, interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts style and lifestyle philosophy that began in the last years of the 19th century. As a comprehensive design and art...

 style of architecture. Contractor was James O. Sickels of Princeton, Indiana
Princeton, Indiana
The median income for a household in the city was $26,689, and the median income for a family was $37,308. Males had a median income of $28,076 versus $19,825 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,049...

. The building is now abandoned in disrepair.

The school was placed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

in 2002 for its educational significance as part of a multiple submission of Indiana's Public Common and High Schools.
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