Built in 1879¹, Anderson Township’s District 2 school -later known as District 9- was most often called Toll Gate, since it stood near one located at the intersection of the Alexandria turnpike and what was once known as Goodykoontz Road².

In 1922, the District 1: Hughel school burned down, and its students were sent to Toll Gate³. A new Toll Gate school was built in 1927 and was hastily renamed Lindbergh after the famous aviator, a designation that Goodykoontz or Toll Gate Road also received⁴. In the 1940s, the road was renamed Lindberg, without the ‘H’, due to the antiwar sentiment of its namesake⁵. 

The building served as the Toll Gate Inn⁶, a restaurant, for years after it was replaced by Lindberg Elementary School. Today, the building is a home. The Lindberg School closed in 1982 and still stands, abandoned.

Sources Cited
1 Madison County Office of Information & GIS Services. (2021). Parcel ID: 48-12-07-202-002.000-003. 
2 Former Student Recalls Hughel (Family) School (1961, May 6). The Anderson Daily Bulletin. p. 4.
3 (See footnote 2).
4 Larson, K. (1977, May 15). Sixth Graders Honor Lindbergh. The Anderson Herald. p. 12.
5.Bailey, J. (2011, January 29). Lindberg Road station may have been first quick-stop. The Herald Bulletin. Web. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
6 Ask Receiver For New Toll Gate Inn (1930, November 7). The Alexandria Times-Tribune. p. 4.