Peru High School Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Indiana, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Peru High School Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Old Peru High School.jpg

| caption = Old Peru High School, January 2013

| location = 80 W. 6th St., Peru, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|40|45|16|N|86|4|24|W|display=inline,title}}

| built = c. {{Start date|1922}}, c. 1926, c. 1939

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| architect = Wolf, Henry C.; Cook, Oscar F.

| architecture = Art Deco, Collegiate Gothic, Classical Revival

| added = January 9, 2013

| area = Less than {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 12001154{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130118.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-01-18|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13|publisher=National Park Service}}

}}

Peru High School Historic District is a historic school complex and national historic district located at Peru, Miami County, Indiana. It encompasses the Classical Revival style Central Grade School (c. 1922), Collegiate Gothic style Industrial Arts Building (c. 1926), and Art Deco style former high school (c. 1939). The high school was built as a Works Progress Administration project along with the Tig-Arena and is a two-story masonry building. The school yard is considered a contributing site. The high school remained in use as a high school until the new Peru High School was built in 1969–1971. Since 1990, the buildings have served as headquarters for the Miami Nation of Indiana.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-05-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/4d08d/N/Peru_High_School,_Miami_Co.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Peru High School Historic District| accessdate = 2016-05-01| author=Michael Galbraith and Angie Quinn| format = PDF| date=April 2012}}, [https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/4d08e/N/Peru_High_School_MAPS.pdf Site map], and Accompanying photographs.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.