Shirk Hall is a historic building located on the campus of Franklin College in

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Johnson County, Indiana Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 161,765. The county seat is Franklin. Johnson County is included in the Indianapolis- Carmel- Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Trans ...

. It was built in 1903 and is a one-story,

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style brick building on a raised basement. It is topped by a cross-gabled roof and copper dome on an octagonal base. The front entrance features engaged

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columns. The building housed the school library until 1964. The building is now home to the college's media school, The Pulliam School of Journalism. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 1975.

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University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Library buildings completed in 1903 Buildings and structures in Johnson County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Indiana {{JohnsonCountyIN-NRHP-stub