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2716 VINE STREET <br />HISTORICAL CONTEXT <br />River Park was founded in 1830 when Daniel Cripe entered a claim at the land <br />office in Fort Wayne, Indiana for a tract of land bounded by the St. Joseph River to the <br />South, Greenlawn to the west, Logan to the East and the Grand Trunk Railroad to the <br />North. The land was eventually subdivided in 1880 and was officially named River Park <br />in 1892. At this time the town was mostly farmland with a few businesses along <br />Mishawaka Avenue. In 1893 Penn Township constructed a two-story school on the <br />corner of 26th and Vine Streets, which could hold approximately forty students. In 1902 <br />River Park elected a school board, which took the old school from Penn Township. This <br />school became the social hub for the entire neighborhood and remained in use until 1923. <br />By 1910 River Park had a population of 1,560 with 436 students, it was at this time that <br />South Bend and River Park merged into one town. River Park's government officially <br />ceased to operate in 1911, thus, effectively ending River Parks existence as an Indiana <br />town. By the early 1920s the need for a larger school was clear and in 1923 a new school <br />was constructed just blocks away from the old school on Vine Street. The school was <br />named for past superintendent John F. Nuner and was dedicated in June of 1923. The <br />school building boasted a 700 -seat auditorium and a gymnasium. The school produced <br />numerous plays including an Operetta called "Suzanne" in 1929. By 1930 the enrollment <br />for Nuner School peaked at 1,665 students in grades K-9. To help accommodate the <br />large number of students an eight -room addition was added to the building in 1936, <br />which increased the school capacity by 280 pupils and capped the square footage at <br />77,500. Gradually the number students declined and in 1979 the school only housed k-6, <br />grades 7& 8 were moved to Jefferson and Edison Schools and grade 9 was moved to the <br />high school. By 1998 the building served 650 pupils, teaching general education, Title I <br />Classes. However, by 1995 discussions regarding the need for a new school had begun <br />which eventually led to the construction and completion of a new Nuner School in 1999. <br />The Old Nuner School effectively closed upon the opening of the new school building <br />and has since remained vacant. <br />ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br />This is a one and two story Gothic Revival style school with an irregular plan, <br />multiple wings, various gable roof lines, asphalt shingles, brick chimney, brick smoke <br />stack and copper gutters and downspouts. It has casement windows with fixed 16 <br />division transoms with a band of limestone surrounding multiple units with quoin <br />detailing on the sides. The walls are made of brick with raised brick square detailing and <br />limestone squares dividing the first and second floors of the central section. The central <br />portion of the building fronts Vine Street and is two stories tall. It has limestone <br />parapets, with a central entrance containing limestone detailing and a limestone name <br />plate. The front entrance boasts a brick portico with limestone detailing which opens in <br />an arch shape to a double set of wood doors with multi -paned glass panels, multi -paned <br />wood side lights and a multi -paned wood and glass transom. The building has several <br />long narrow, simple wings and two highly decorative secondary entrances, one facing <br />2 <br />
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