Knightstown Academy

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Knightstown Academy
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LocationCarey St., Knightstown, Indiana
Coordinates 39°48′0″N85°31′29″W / 39.80000°N 85.52472°W / 39.80000; -85.52472
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1876 [1]
Architect John A. Hasecoster [1]
Architectural style Second Empire [1] : 98 
NRHP reference No. 76000022 [2]
Added to NRHPSeptember 29, 1976

The Knightstown Academy is a historic school building located at Knightstown, Indiana. It was built as a Quaker Academy in 1876 and affiliated with the Society of Friends. [1] The building is located north of the National Road (US 40) on Cary at Washington Street. The building was designed in Second Empire style. [1] 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. [2] It is located in Knightstown Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Trent, Karen Pyle. Knightstown. Arcadia Publishing: Mount Pleasant (2010). ISBN   0738578231
  2. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ↑ "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.[ permanent dead link ] and Accompanying photographs.
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