Farmers Institute is a historic

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building on a small campus in Shadeland,

Tippecanoe County, Indiana Tippecanoe County is located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana about 22 miles east of the Illinois state line and less than 50 miles from the Chicago and the Indianapolis metro areas. As of the 2010 census, the population ...

. 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

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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

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. Since then, it has exclusively housed the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the

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in 1986, with a boundary enlargement in 2020.

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Quaker schools in the United States Quaker meeting houses in Indiana School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Greek Revival architecture in Indiana School buildings completed in 1851 Schools in Tippecanoe County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Tippecanoe County, Indiana {{TippecanoeCountyIN-NRHP-stub