| THE STORY OF THE "LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE" |
THE WEICHT FAMILY WHO LIVES ACROSS
THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL HOUSE
HAD WATCHED THE DECLINE OF THE
BUILDING OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
FINALLY, THEY DECIDED THEY HAD TO
SAVE THE BUILDING WHICH HAD BEEN A
PART OF INDIANA'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
FROM THE TIME IT WAS BUILT AROUND 1860
UNTIL 1944 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED.
THE WEICHTS HAD PURCHASED THE 100
ACRES INCLUDING THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN
THE LATE SIXTIES. IN 1996, THE FAMILY
DECIDED THE TIME HAD COME TO
REFURBISH THE BUILDING BEFORE ANY
MORE DAMAGE OCCURRED. WINDOWS,
FLOORING AND OTHER MATERIALS WERE
SALVAGED FROM ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL
BUILDING TOO FAR GONE TO SAVE. TILES
FROM A BARN BEING TORN DOWN WERE
USED TO REPAIR THE ROOF.
FORTUNATELY, ALONG THE WAY SOMEONE
HAD REPLACED THE ROCK FOUNDATION
WITH CEMENT WHICH HAD REALLY SAVED
THE BUILDING. A NEW BELL TOWER WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN THE WEICHT BARN, TO
HOUSE THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL BELL.
THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL HOUSE
HAD WATCHED THE DECLINE OF THE
BUILDING OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
FINALLY, THEY DECIDED THEY HAD TO
SAVE THE BUILDING WHICH HAD BEEN A
PART OF INDIANA'S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
FROM THE TIME IT WAS BUILT AROUND 1860
UNTIL 1944 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED.
THE WEICHTS HAD PURCHASED THE 100
ACRES INCLUDING THE SCHOOL HOUSE IN
THE LATE SIXTIES. IN 1996, THE FAMILY
DECIDED THE TIME HAD COME TO
REFURBISH THE BUILDING BEFORE ANY
MORE DAMAGE OCCURRED. WINDOWS,
FLOORING AND OTHER MATERIALS WERE
SALVAGED FROM ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL
BUILDING TOO FAR GONE TO SAVE. TILES
FROM A BARN BEING TORN DOWN WERE
USED TO REPAIR THE ROOF.
FORTUNATELY, ALONG THE WAY SOMEONE
HAD REPLACED THE ROCK FOUNDATION
WITH CEMENT WHICH HAD REALLY SAVED
THE BUILDING. A NEW BELL TOWER WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN THE WEICHT BARN, TO
HOUSE THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL BELL.
| COME VISIT THE "LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE" AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 59 AND 22. WHILE YOU ARE THERE COME ACROSS THE STREET AND SEE OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN |
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