Knightstown Academy | |
 Front of the building | |
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| Location | Carey St., Knightstown, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°48′0″N 85°31′29″W / 39.80000°N 85.52472°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1876 [2] |
| Architect | John A. Hasecoster [2] |
| Architectural style | Second Empire [2]: 98 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000022 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1976 |
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. [2] The building is located north of the National Road (US 40) on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in Second Empire style. [2] 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. [3] It is now an apartment building. The attached gymnasium was used as the home court of the Hickory Huskers in the 1985 movie Hoosiers.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It is located in Knightstown Historic District.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Trent, Karen Pyle. Knightstown. Arcadia Publishing: Mount Pleasant (2010). ISBN 0738578231
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Mrs. R. Thomas Mayhill (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Knightstown Academy" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
- Hoosier Gym
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-198, " Knightstown Academy, Carey Street, Knightstown, Henry County, IN", 12 measured drawings
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Indiana
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- School buildings completed in 1877
- Knightstown, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Henry County, Indiana
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana
- Buildings with mansard roofs
- 1877 establishments in Indiana
Knightstown Academy | |
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Front of the building | |
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| Location | Carey St., Knightstown, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°48′0″N 85°31′29″W / 39.80000°N 85.52472°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1876 [2] |
| Architect | John A. Hasecoster [2] |
| Architectural style | Second Empire [2]: 98 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000022 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 29, 1976 |
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. [2] The building is located north of the National Road (US 40) on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in Second Empire style. [2] 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. [3] It is now an apartment building. The attached gymnasium was used as the home court of the Hickory Huskers in the 1985 movie Hoosiers.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1] It is located in Knightstown Historic District.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Trent, Karen Pyle. Knightstown. Arcadia Publishing: Mount Pleasant (2010). ISBN 0738578231
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Mrs. R. Thomas Mayhill (July 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Knightstown Academy" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
- Hoosier Gym
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. IN-198, " Knightstown Academy, Carey Street, Knightstown, Henry County, IN", 12 measured drawings
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Indiana
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- School buildings completed in 1877
- Knightstown, Indiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Indiana
- Buildings and structures in Henry County, Indiana
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Indiana
- Buildings with mansard roofs
- 1877 establishments in Indiana