Old Frankfort Stone High School

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Old Frankfort Stone High School
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Old Frankfort Stone High School, June 2011
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Location301 E. Clinton, Frankfort, Indiana
Coordinates 40°16′48″N86°30′32″W / 40.28000°N 86.50889°W / 40.28000; -86.50889 Coordinates: 40°16′48″N86°30′32″W / 40.28000°N 86.50889°W / 40.28000; -86.50889
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1892 (1892), 1926
ArchitectPierce and Morgan; Paden, J.
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 79000012 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1979

Old Frankfort Stone High School, also known as Old Stoney, is a historic high school building in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana. It was built in 1892, and is a 2+12-story, Richardsonian Romanesque style sandstone building on a raised basement. It has Indiana limestone trim, a large round arched entrance, four large stone chimneys, and four-story corner tower with a tall conical roof. The building was damaged by fire in 1922, and rebuilt with the work completed in 1926. The building housed a junior high school from 1962 to 1974, after which it ceased use as a public school. [2] :2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It is located in the Christian Ridge Historic District.

Since 1980, the Clinton County Historical Society and Museum has been located in on the second floor of Old Stoney.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01.Note: This includes Frederick Dale Brown (January 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Old Frankfort Stone High School" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-08-01. and Accompanying photographs.