Knightstown Academy

Knightstown Academy - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Knightstown Academy is a historic school building located at Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana. It was built as a Quaker Academy in 1876 and affiliated with the Society of Friends. The building is located north of the National Road (US 40) on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in Second Empire style. It has a mansard roof and twin four story towers that are topped by a telescope and a globe. After the building ceased to be used as an academy, it functioned for many years as the local public high school. Note: This includes and Accompanying photographs. It is now an apartment building. The attached gymnasium was used as the home court of the Hickory Huskers in the 1985 movie Hoosiers. Read more on Wikipedia

type: NRHP
date from: 1876

Source: en.wikipedia.org