Randolph County’s Hart’s Glory schoolhouse is a uniquely compelling addition to Indiana’s portfolio of old one-room schoolhouses. Have you ever seen one that was moved and glommed onto the back of a house?
The site of what later became Greensfork Township’s District 8 school was purchased in 1847 to serve District 21. In 1865, the school stood a quarter of a mile west of IN-227 on land owned by James Hart2, which is how the schoolhouse got its common name of Hart’s Glory.
The schoolhouse received its final designation of District 8 by 1882. That year, it stood on land donated by William Sasser3. The original building was wooden, and its brick replacement burned down in 1905. Officials rebuilt the final iteration of the schoolhouse as another frame structure4.
The Hart’s Glory schoolhouse closed in 1919, and the building was moved a mile north and a quarter mile east to its present location where it was added to the back of the house. Today, the old Hart’s Glory schoolhouse still stands uniquely on East County Road 750-South in Randolph County.
Sources Cited
1 Hinshaw, G. (2008). A History of Education in Randolph County, Indiana. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
2 Warner, C.S (1865). 1865 Wall-Map of Randolph County. C.A.O. McClellan & C.S. Warner. Waterloo, Indiana. map.
3 Tucker, E. (1882). History of Randolph County, Indiana. book. Chicago, IL; A.L. Kingman.
4 (See footnote 1).
