In 1874, Ward Township’s District 6 school, called Weimer, was located on the land of J.M. Warren, just north of the Weimer cemetery on the southwestern corner of East County Road 700-North and North County Road 300-East1.
Both the cemetery and schoolhouse likely received their names from Daniel S. Weimer, the farmer who first owned the land that they were established on2. At one point, 700-North continued west past the cemetery before turning south and connecting to what’s now Indiana State Road 283.
The first schoolhouse was likely frame, and it was replaced in 1887 by the brick building that still stands at the southeastern corner of the intersection.
The District 6 school closed in 1914, when its pupils began to attend classes at Saratoga, which eventually absorbed the students who lived at the eastern side of Ward Township4. In 1917, the township sold the shuttered schoolhouse to private interests5.
Today, the building appears to have been most recently used a dwelling.
Sources Cited
1 Griffing, B. N. (1874). Ward Township. An atlas of Randolph County, Indiana . map, Philadelphia, PA; Griffing, Gordon, & Company.
2 (See footnote 1).
3 Tucker, E. (1882). History of Randolph County, Indiana. book. Chicago, IL; A.L. Kingman.
4 Public Education in Randolph County, Indiana. 2018. Sharing history for 68 years in Randolph County, Indiana. Randolph County Historical Society and Museum. Web. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
5 Hinshaw, G. (2008). A History of Education in Randolph County, Indiana. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
