Although the town of Cyntheanne was platted in 1833, it never developed. Simon Lund purchased all of its lots and the prospective community reverted to farmland¹.

In 1866, a schoolhouse -likely frame- stood at the northeast corner of what’s now Cyntheanne Road and Southeastern Parkway. The school was known as District 8². At that time, a District 7 schoolhouse stood near the site of today’s Fall Creek Intermediate School. 

A redistricting occurred by 1900 when the extant Cyntheanne School was erected and given the designation of District 73. Because of its remote location, the schoolhouse was sparsely attended for much of its history. In 1934, its attendance increased from twenty to twenty-three pupils⁴. Four years later, only nineteen students attended classes there⁵.

After the McKay and Klepfer schools closed in 1942, Cyntheanne was the last of Hamilton County’s one-room schoolhouses still in operation⁶.

The Cyntheanne schoolhouse closed after the 1944-45 school year⁷. In 1947, when a tornado blew the building’s belfry off⁸. That year, the old school -along with a coal shed, two toilet buildings, a garage, two stoves, two bookcases, one lot of books, a slate blackboard- were sold at auction⁹.

In 2019 the old Cyntheanne School was purchased and converted into a coffee shop called Schoolhouse 7 Cafe¹⁰.  

Sources Cited
1 Tells Of The Early Days Of The Cyntheanne School (1931, May 2). The Noblesville Daily Ledger. p. 1.
2 Warner, C. S. (1866). Map of Hamilton county, Indiana. atlas. C.A.O. McClellen & C.S. Warner. 
3 History (2022). The Schoolhouse 7 Cafe. Web. Retrieved April 16, 2022 from https://www.schoolhouse7cafe.com/history. 
4 Total School Enrollment Shows Loss 141 (1934, October 2). The Noblesville Ledger. p. 6.
5 The Grades In Fall Creek (1938, October 10). The Noblesville Ledger. p. 1.
6 The Klepfer School Closed In Fall Creek. (1942, September 26). The Noblesville Ledger. pp. 1-2.
7 Hamilton County Public Schools (1945). Teacher’s directory: names and addresses of officers and teachers of Hamilton County Public Schools, 1945-46. Noblesville, IN.
8 (See footnote 3).
9 Notice Of Sale (1947, June 14). The Noblesville Ledger. p. 4.
10 Skinner, A. (2019, March 12). School’s in session :Schoolhouse 7 to open up as cafe, place for students to work. Current in Fishers. Retrieved April 16, 2022 from https://www.youarecurrent.com/2019/03/12/schools-in-session-schoolhouse-7-to-open-up-as-cafe-place-for-students-to-work/