On May 22, 1847 Thomas Johnson granted Union Township officials a portion of his property to build a schoolhouse in exchange for a dollar1. By 1874, the schoolhouse -located on the east side of North County Road 200-W about a half a mile south of Eaton-Wheeling Pike- was known as District 6 and stood and on Richard E. Craw’s property.
The building lacked a bell but was otherwise typical of its era, consisting of a single room2. In 1884, Jesse Nixon granted the Union School Township an acre of his land at the southwest corner of Eaton-Wheeling Pike and 200-West for the construction of a brick replacement3. Eventually, the schoolhouse became known as the Nixon school4.
The District 6 school closed in 1902 when its students were sent to the two-room District 7 Pike Creek school two miles south5. By 1980, the schoolhouse was still standing, although it was missing its windows6.
Aside from several remaining walls, the building was destroyed in October, 2000, after sparks from a cutting torch used to repair its front door ignited the structure7.
Sources Cited
1 Delaware County, Indiana. (1847, May 22). Deed Book 8. p. 657.
2 Greene, D. (1965, December 9). Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood. The Muncie Star. p. 4.
3 Delaware County, Indiana. (1884, August 21). Deed Book 54. p. 114.
4 (See footnote 2).
5 Kemper, G. W. H. (1908). Education in Delaware County. In A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County, Indiana, Volume 1. book, Lewis Publishing Company.
6 Greene, D. (1980, January 16). Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood. The Muncie Star. p. 4.
7 Wilham, T. (2000, October 13). Police determine who struck, killed Hartford City woman. The Muncie Star Press. p. 3B.
