Farmers Institute, Historic Quaker meetinghouse in Shadeland, Indiana, United States

The Farmers Institute is a two-story rectangular frame building in Shadeland, Indiana, built in 1851 and raised to its present height in 1864–1865. Its modest Greek Revival elements include a pedimented gable end, pilasters and a full entablature. It has housed the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse, since the school years ended.

The Farmers Institute was built in 1851 as a schoolhouse in Shadeland, Indiana, and was enlarged to its present two stories in 1864–1865. It held classes until 1874 and again from 1882 to 1889, when it also housed a public library. Since then it has served as the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with a boundary enlargement in 2020.

The name comes from the Farmers Institute school that operated here; since the school closed, the building has housed the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse. Visitors can see the plain meeting space inside the former schoolrooms, and the church still holds services.

The building stands on a small campus in Shadeland, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, at coordinates 40.32167, -86.99139. It is a Quaker meetinghouse still used by the Farmers Institute Friends Church, so visits depend on the congregation rather than a public museum schedule. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, with the boundary enlarged in 2020.

The name predates the school: the building was already called Farmers Institute when it was built in 1851, and it kept the name through its school years and its 1864–1865 expansion to two stories. Since then it has housed only the Farmers Institute Friends Church, a Quaker meetinghouse.